Presidents (Part 2) Flashcards
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Name the President: Approved the Bay of Pigs invasion, but didn’t go through with it
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: President during the Panic of 1893
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Grover Cleveland
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Name the President: Foreign policy achievements include the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, and the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union.
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Jimmy Carter
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Andrew Johnson
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North Carolina
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Name the President: Operation Mongoose was under him
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John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: Intervened in the Pullman Strikes
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Grover Cleveland
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Name the President: Established the EPA and OSHA
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Richard Nixon
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Name the President: Started the National Labor Relations Act
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name the President: Died of a heart attack while in office
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Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Proposed, but did not pass, the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: President when the 19th Amendment was passed
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Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Warned against the Military Industrial complex
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Signed the Helsinki Accords
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Gerald Ford
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Name the President: Led the strategic Hamlet program
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John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: The S doesnt stand for anything
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Harry S. Truman
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Name the President: Oversaw Operation Torch and Normandy in WWII
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Nickname: Silent Cal
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Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Signed the No Child Left Behind Act
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George W. Bush
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Name the President: Had the SDI - strategic defense initiative
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Ronald Reagan
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Name the President: First Lady: Pat Ryan
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Richard Nixon
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Name the President: Came into office when Harding died of a heart attack
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Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Civillian governor in the Phillippines
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William Howard Taft
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Name the President: Most recent President to die in office
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John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Calvin Coolidge
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Vermont
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Harry S. Truman
Missouri
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Name the President: Nicknamed Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War won him a nobel peace prize
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Split the Republican vote with President Taft, allowing Wilson to win the presidency
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Passed the Land Revision Act of 1891, essentially creating the first national forests
Benjamin Harrison
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Name the President: Passed the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act
Benjamin Harrison
31
Name the President: Defeated Ronald Reagan in the 1976 primary
Gerald Ford
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Name the President: Herbert Hoover was his commerce secretary (not Coolidge)
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: First lady: Lou Henry
Herbert Hoover
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
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Name the President: Only President to resign from office
Richard Nixon
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Name the President: Served as a hangman in Erie County, NY
Grover Cleveland
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
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Name the President: Issued "Fourteen Points"
Woodrow Wilson
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Name the President: Was President during the Tonkin Incident
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Name the President: Signed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Donald Trump
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Name the President: Had an affair with Nan Britton
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Balanced the federal budget in the 90s, resulting in a surplus
Bill Clinton
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Name the President: Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, paving the way for Brown v Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Became one of the youngest aviators in the U.S. Navy at age 18
George H. W. Bush
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Name the President: Wanted to "Whip Inflation Now"
Gerald Ford
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Name the President: First lady: Laura Welch
George W. Bush
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Name the President: "Good Neighbor" policy towards Latin America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name the President: Ended American combat in Vietnam
Richard Nixon
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
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Name the President: President during the victory in the Spanish-American War
William McKinley
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Name the President: First sitting senator elected President
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Woodrow Wilson
Virginia
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Name the President: Oversaw the Berlin airlift
Harry S. Truman
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Name the President: First lady: Helen Herron
William Howard Taft
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Name the President: Began the progressive Bull Moose party
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: First President voted for by women
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Only President to be impeached twice
Donald Trump
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Name the President: First Lady: Edith Carow (Spouse before office: Alice Lee)
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Started Social Security
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name the President: Signed the Native American Citizenship, giving immediate citizenship for all Native Americans
Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Youngest person elected President
John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: Sandwiched between Grover Cleveland's terms
Benjamin Harrison
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Name the President: Prioritized national parks and conservation
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: SCOTUS appointments: Sotomayor and Kagan
Donald Trump
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Name the President: First lady: Hillary Rodham
Bill Clinton
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Name the President: Father was President, grandfather signed the declaration
Benjamin Harrison
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Name the President: Known for "Square Deal" domestic policies
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson
Virginia
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Herbert Hoover
Iowa
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Name the President: First Supreme Commander of NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Born: Leslie Lynch King Jr
Gerald Ford
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Name the President: First President born in the Baby Boomer generation
Bill Clinton
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Barack Obama
Illinois
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding
Ohio
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Name the President: First lady: Betty Bloomer
Gerald Ford
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Name the President: Marred by Iran-Contra Affair (Oliver North took the blame)
Ronald Reagan
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Name the President: Led a commission many years after leaving office to suggest changes to the executive branch
Herbert Hoover
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, George W. Bush
Texas
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Name the President: Began construction on the Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Signed the Formosa Resolution, recognizing Taiwan as free
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Appointed John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court
George W. Bush
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Name the President: Established NATO
Harry S. Truman
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Name the President: First lady: Mamie Doud
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Dealt with but did not free the Iran Hostages
Jimmy Carter
85
Name the President: First wife and daughter died in car crash
Joe Biden
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Name the President: Centrist "third way" polices, a New Democrat
Bill Clinton
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Name the President: Preached a "return to normalcy"
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Policy: The Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Name the President: Administration was marked by interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo and efforts to facilitate peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East
Bill Clinton
90
Name the President: Contributed to the end of McCarthyism
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Survived an assassination attempt from John Hinckley Jr. 66 days into Presidency
Ronald Reagan
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Name the President: First lady: Eleanor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
93
Name the President: Negotiated armistice with China, which still remains in effect today
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: First Lady: Nancy Davis (Prev married to Jane Wyman)
Ronald Reagan
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Name the President: Presidency saw the beginning of the Korean War
Harry S. Truman
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Name the President: Undertook the development of the Interstate Highway System
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Created NASA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Name the President: Started the FDIC
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name the President: Implemented the Marshall Plan
Harry S. Truman
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Name the President: President of the Teapot Dome bribery scandal
Warren G. Harding
101
Name the President: Signed the ADA
George H. W. Bush
102
Name the President: Warren Commission to investigate his death
John F. Kennedy
103
Name the President: Proposed, but did not sign into law, NAFTA
George H. W. Bush
104
Name the President: Shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist
William McKinley
105
Name the President: Herbert Hoover was his commerce secretary (not Harding)
Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Wrote "The Naval War of 1812"
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, George H.W. Bush
Massachusetts
108
Name the President: First lady: Florence Kling
Warren G. Harding
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Name the President: Attended Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson
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Name the President: Launched the War on Terror
George W. Bush
111
Name the President: New Look policy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
112
Name the President: Blamed economic downturn on Mexicans and forced many of them to leave the US
Herbert Hoover
113
Name the President: First lady: Jill Jacobs (Prev. married to Neilia Hunter)
Joe Biden
114
Name the President: Led US into WWI
Woodrow Wilson
115
Name the President: First lady: Melania Knauss (Prev. married to Marla Maples and Ivana Zelníčková)
Donald Trump
116
Name the President: First Democrat to be re-elected after FDR
Bill Clinton
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Name the President: Created Medicare and Medicaid
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Name the President: Only President to also serve as Cheif Justice
William Howard Taft
119
Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Bill Clinton
Arkansas
120
Name the President: Led a coalition of 35 nations during the Gulf War to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait
George H. W. Bush
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Name the President: Born in Stonewall Texas
John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: New Frontier domestic policies
John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: Youngest person to be President (not elected)
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Held office during the onset of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
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Name the President: Impeached yet acquitted on counts of perjury
Bill Clinton
126
Name the President: First lady: Grace Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Built the New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
128
Name the President: First Lady: Claudia Taylor
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Name the President: First southener to win Presidential election since 1848
Woodrow Wilson
130
Name the President: First Ladies: Ellen Axson and Edith Bolling
Woodrow Wilson
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Name the President: Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
Richard Nixon
132
Name the President: Began the War on Drugs
Richard Nixon
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Name the President: Often associated with the prosperity of the roaring twenties
Calvin Coolidge
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Name the President: Started the SEC
Franklin D. Roosevelt
135
Name the President: His first wife and mother died on the same night
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Owned a haberdashery in Kansas City before taking office
Harry S. Truman
137
Name the President: Won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage"
John F. Kennedy
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Name the President: Conceptualized the League of Nations, which was included in the Treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson
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Name the President: First lady: Barbara Pierce
George H. W. Bush
140
Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Donald Trump
New York
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Name the President: Led the Rough Riders in Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
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Name the President: Final President to have served in the Civil War
William McKinley
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Name the President: First Lady: Ida Saxton
William McKinley
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Name the President: First Lady: Michelle Robinson
Barack Obama
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Gerald Ford
Michigan
146
Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Jimmy Carter
Georgia
147
Name the President: Presided over the invasion of Panama
George H. W. Bush
148
Name the President: Signed NAFTA into law
Bill Clinton
149
Name the President: Established the Department of Energy and the Department of Education
Jimmy Carter
150
Name the President: Attended the Yalta Conference
Franklin D. Roosevelt
151
Name the President: Presided over the end of prohibition
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Name the President: Name the state these Presidents are from: Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan
California
153
Name the President: First lady: Bess Wallace
Harry S. Truman
154
Name the President: First lady: Rosalynn Smith
Jimmy Carter
155
Name the President: Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Name the President: Only person to be President without recieving a vote
Gerald Ford
