Significant Presidents

Question 1

• 41st president. President during a time of political change, he worked toward stabilizing United States military in the Middle East during the Persian gulf war.

Answer 1

George H W Bush 1924-

Question 2

• 43rd president. President during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and, after declaring a war on terrorism, issued an invasion in Afghanistan and later in Iraq. Laws included No Child left behind and Medicare benefits.

Answer 2

George W Bush 1946-

Question 3

39th president. Created the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, also establish a national energy policy. He highlighted human rights and remains a strong advocate for peace.

Answer 3

James E Carter 1924-

Question 4

42nd president. Called the “New Democrat”, he created the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the support of his three predecessors. He was impeached for implications in a White House scandal, but was later acquitted.

Answer 4

Bill Clinton1946-

Question 5

military commander for the North during the Civil War. Later elected 18th president of United States. Wrote magnanimous terms of surrender for the South in the Civil War

Answer 5

Ulysses S Grant 1822-1885

Question 6

Very generous or forgiving for a rival especially one that is a lot weaker

Answer 6

magnanimous

Question 7

3rd president and the main author of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826

Question 8

35th president. Effectively lead America through the Cuban missile crisis. He created the Peace Corps and was an advocate of the civil rights movement

Answer 8

John F. Kennedy 1917-1963

Question 9

16th president. Led the US through the Civil War helping to abolish slavery. Assassinated just as the war ended

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

Question 10

37th president. Only president to resign from office. He was facing impeachment because of the Watergate scandal. He believed that desegregation would improve education, and he improved the space shuttle program.

Answer 10

Richard Nixon 1913-1994

Question 11

32nd president. Only president elected for more than two terms. He ably led the United States through World War II. Created the new deal coalition, which, among other things, effectively united labor unions and started Social Security

Answer 11

Franklin D Roosevelt 1882-1945

Question 12

26th president. Previous employer and historian, he became leader of the progressive movement and the Republican Party. He negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese war, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Answer 12

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919

Question 13

first US president. Known as “the father of our country.” Had been the leader of the American army in the successful culmination of the American Revolutionary war against England. Only president elected unanimously.

Answer 13

George Washington 1732-1799

Question 14

Shot William McKinley

Answer 14

Leon Czolgosz

Question 15

Shot Abraham Lincoln

Answer 15

John Wilkes Booth

Question 16

Shot Ronald Ragan

Answer 16

John Hinckley

Question 17

Shot Martin Luther King

Answer 17

James Earl Ray

Question 18

Shot James Garfield

Answer 18

Charles Guitreau

Question 19

Shot John F. Kennedy

Answer 19

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 20

Shot Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 20

John Schrank

Question 21

Was buried at Hyde Park

Answer 21

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 22

Was buried at Mount Vernon

Answer 22

George Washington

Question 23

Was buried in Albany

Answer 23

Chester Arthur

Question 24

Was buried in New York City

Answer 24

Ulysses S Grant

Question 25

Was buried in Princeton

Answer 25

Grover Cleveland