Chapter 14: The Presidency Flashcards
Which two presidents were grandfather and grandson?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Which two presidents were cousins?
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt
Which two presidents share a last name but no relation?
Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson
Which president had the shortest term?
William Harrison (March 4 - April 4, 1881)
Which president had the longest term?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1932,1936,1940,1944)
Who was the youngest president?
Theodore Roosevelt (42)
Who was the oldest president?
Ronald Reagan (77)
Who was the tallest president?
Abraham Lincoln (6’4”)
Who was the shortest president?
James Maddison (5’4”)
Who was the largest president?
William Howard Taft (320lbs)
Who are the four presidents on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
Where is the Crazy Horse Memorial Located (State)?
South Dakota
What president is buried in Washington D.C.?
Woodrow Willson
Which presidents are buried in Arlington national cemetery?
John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft
Who are the four presidents that were assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John Kennedy.
Which president elect survived an attempted assassination in Miami, FL?
Franklin Roosevelt
Which presidents have won the Nobel peace prize?
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Willson, Jimmy Carter, Barrack Obama.
What are the four state capitals named after presidents?
Lincoln, Nebraska
Maddison, Wisconsin
Jackson, Mississippi
Jefferson City, Missouri
Who were the two press items that were impeached?
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
Who was the only president to resign?
Richard Nixon
Who were the three presidents that died on the Fourth of July?
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe
Who was the only Roman Catholic president?
John F. Kennedy
Who was the first Roman Catholic Vice President?
Joe Biden
_____ was the first president to invite the pope to the White House.
Jimmy Carter
Who was the first president to be sworn in on an airplane and by a woman?
Lyndon Johnson
Which president served as Chief Justice and president?
William Howard Taft
Who was the only president who served nonconsecutive terms?
Grover Cleveland
Who was the first president to graduate from a Catholic university?
Bill Clinton
Who was the only non-married president?
James Buchanan
Who are the only two president sit have phD’s?
Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman
Who was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court?
Lyndon Johnson
These two presidents’ fathers also served as President.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
Which presidents have appointed women to the Supreme Court?
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Barrack Obama
Who are the 5 presidents that have recovered the highest number of electoral votes?
Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan Dwight Eisenhower Bill Clinton
Who is the oldest former president?
Gerald Ford
