U.S. Presidents 2

Question 0

Zachary Taylor

Answer 0

Whig – 1849-1850
A General during War with Mexico
Was President during the Gold Rush

Question 1

James K. Polk

Answer 1

Democratic – 1845-1849
Began war with Mexico over the Texas boundary
War with Mexico 1848 – Mexican American War, also known as Mr. Polk’s War
Confirmed the fact that Gold was discovered in California
Was President during the first half of the Gold Rush
Fun Fact: Hosted the first White House Thanksgiving

Question 2

Millard Fillmore

Answer 2

Whig – 1850-1853
Supported the Compromise of 1850 which further complicated the Slave issue but allowed California to join the Union.
Also supported the Fugitive Slave Act
Was a member of the Know Nothing Movement (feared immigration)

Question 3

Franklin Pierce

Answer 3

Democratic – 1853-1857
Was a General during the Mexican American War
Supported the Kansas Nebraska Act, which replaced the Missouri Compromise

Question 4

James Buchannan

Answer 4

Democratic – 1857-1861
Helped draft the Ostend Manifesto – reasons why the US should purchase Cuba from Spain
He was considered a Northerner with Southern sympathies and that is the only way he won the Presidency but it made him ineffective and disliked by many.

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

Republican – 1861-1865
Was President during the Civil War
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation 
Wrote the Gettysburg Address
First President to die by an assassin – John Wilkes Booth

Question 6

Andrew Johnson

Answer 6

Republican when elected Vice President but had been a Democrat most of his life – 1865-1869
President during Reconstruction
Was impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted by the US Senate

Question 7

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 7

Republican – 1869-1877
Was the most identifiable Union general during the Civil War and accepted General Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse
His Presidency was filled with scandals

Question 8

Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 8

Republican – 1877-1881
He oversaw the end of Reconstruction
Hayes ended the military occupation of the South
Instituted Civil Service Reform as an attempt to end the political favors from the Spoils System

Question 9

James A. Garfield

Answer 9

Republican - 1881
Was a preacher before he was President
First President to appoint African Americans to federal positions
Was shot and killed by an assassin (Charles Julius Guiteau ), his Presidency only lasted 200 days