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Question 0

12th President

Answer 0

Zachary Taylor

Question 1

11th President

Answer 1

James K. Polk

Question 2

13th President

Answer 2

Millard Fillmore

Question 3

14th President

Answer 3

Franklin Pierce

Question 4

15th President

Answer 4

James Buchannan

Question 5

16th President

Answer 5

Abraham Lincoln

Question 6

17th President

Answer 6

Andrew Johnson

Question 7

18th President

Answer 7

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 8

19th President

Answer 8

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 9

20th President

Answer 9

James A. Garfield

Question 10

a. Began war with Mexico over Texas boundary
b. War with Mexico 1848, Mexican American War, aka Mr. Polk’s War
c. Confirmed that fact that there was gold in California
d. Was president during first half of Gold Rush

Answer 10

James K. Polk

Question 11

a. A General during the war with Mexico

b. President during Gold Rush

Answer 11

Zachary Taylor

Question 12

a. Supported compromise of 1850 which further complicated slave issue but also brought California into the Union
b. Supported Fugitive Slave Act
c. Member of Know Nothing Movement, feared immigration

Answer 12

Millard Fillmore

Question 13

a. General during Mexican American War
b. Supported Kansas Nebraska Act which replaced Missouri Compromise
Fun Fact: considered worst president in his time

Answer 13

Franklin Pierce

Question 14

a. Helped draft Ostend Manifesto, reasons why America should purchase Cuba from Spain
b. Considered a northerner with southern sympathies, only way he won, but then was disliked by many and was ineffective

Answer 14

John Buchannan

Question 15

a. President during Civil War
b. Issued Emancipation Proclamation
c. Wrote Gettysburg address
d. First president to die by assassin-John Wilkes Booth

Answer 15

Abraham Lincoln

Question 16

a. President during Reconstruction

b. Impeached by House of Reps but acquitted by Senate

Answer 16

Andrew Johnson

Question 17

a. Most recognizable Union general, accepted General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
b. Presidency was filled with scandals

Answer 17

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 18

a. Oversaw end of the reconstruction
b. Ended military occupation of South
c. Instituted Civil Service Reform in attempt to end political favors from Spoils System

Answer 18

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 19

a. Preacher before president
b. First president to appoint African Americans to federal positions
c. Shot and killed by assassin, Charles Guiteau, was president for 200 days

Answer 19

James A. Garfield