US Presidents 3

Question 0

Grover Cleveland

Answer 0

Democratic - 1885-1889
Told the American people that he was on a fishing trip when he was actually having a cancerous growth removed from his mouth
Dedicated the Statue of Liberty 1886
Was President during times of serious labor unrest, like the Pullman Strike.

Question 1

Chester A. Arthur

Answer 1

Republican - 1881-1885

a. Civil Service Reform

Question 2

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 2

Republican - 1889-1893

a. Passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
b. Was President during the first Billion Dollar Congress

Question 3

Grover Cleveland

Answer 3

Democratic - 1893-1897

Fun Fact: First and only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms.

Question 4

William McKinley

Answer 4

Republican - 1897-1901

a. Was President during the Spanish American War 1898
b. McKinley was assassinated while at the World’s Fair by an anarchist.

Question 5

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 5

Republican - 1901-1909

a. Was the leader of the Rough Riders.
b. Created the National Parks system
c. Square Deal – the average citizen should get his fair share
d. He completed the Panama Canal during his Presidency.

Question 6

William Howard Taft

Answer 6

Republican - 1909-1913

a. Was also the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
b. Was the first President to own a car.

Question 7

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 7

Democratic - 1913-1921

a. Before he was President, Wilson was President of Princeton     University
b. First President to earn a PhD
c. Created Wilson’s Fourteen Points at the end of WWI
d. President during WWI

Question 8

Warren G. Harding

Answer 8

Republican - 1921-1923

a. Signed a separate agreement with Germany and Austria to end WWI
b. He was a newspaper publisher before President c. Teapot Dome Scandal – Harding’s Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of the Navy stole oil from the Navy d. Created the Veteran’s Bureau.

Question 9

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 9

Republican - 1923-1929

a. Was called “the do nothing president”