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"I Like Ike" was the famous campaign slogan of what American president?
Bill Clinton
Benajmin Harrison
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
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What American president successfully defended British soldiers against murder charges following the Boston Massacre?
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
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What American president was known for wearing a red carnation in his suit as something of a lucky charm?
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
William McKinley
James Buchanan
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What American president had homeless communities named after him because of his role in worsening the Great Depression?
Grover Cleveland
Andrew Johnson
John Tyler
Herbet Hoover
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Jimmy Carter was an American president famous for farming what type of crop before entering the Oval Office?
Potatoes
Peanuts
Rice
Wheat
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What man was the only person to serve as both the President of the United States and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant
William Henry Harrison
William Howard Taft
James Garfield
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What American president declared war on poverty?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Barack Obama
James K. Polk
John F. Kennedy
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What president, for his military record, was commonly known as "Old Tippecanoe"?
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
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Franklin Pierce's presidency was fraught with troubles. One of those incidents that shook the people's faith in his administration was the publication of the Ostend Manifesto where Pierce's diplomats recommended America annex which of the following?
Cuba
The U.K.
China
All of South America
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How many different pairs of father-son presidents have there been in American history?
1
2
3
4
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What president was largely wheelchair-bound throughout much of his adult life after contracting an illness that is suspected to have been polio?
Warren G. Harding
Harry S. Truman
James Garfield
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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What American president is known for being the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in what city?
San Diego
Toledo
Dallas
New Orleans
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What American president was the first one to have charges of impeachment brought before him?
Ulysses S. Grant
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
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What president's first lady was known as "Lemonade Lucy" because of her support of the Temperance Movement?
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
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What president ascended to the Oval Office after the assassination of William McKinley?
Grover Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Pierce
Theodore Roosevelt
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Which president famously cried out "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
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What American president annexed the state of Texas and led the U.S. through the Mexican-American War?
James Madison
John Tyler
James Polk
Martin Van Buren
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Millard Fillmore was the last American president to be a member of what political party?
The Bull Moose Party
The Tea Party
The Whig Party
The Know-Nothing Party
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President Bill Clinton negotiated the Dayton Agreement which ended the Bosnian War and ended up creating what nation?
Czech Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
The United Kingdom
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What president was assassinated by a mad man who was upset that said president did not name him the Ambassador to France?
James Garfield
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
William Howard Taft
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Abraham Lincoln helped navigate the Trent Affair which threatened to bring what nation into America's Civil War?
Canada
The U.K.
Mexico
Spain
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What American president was known as a scholar prior to becoming president, especially because he served as the President of Princeton University?
Woodrow Wilson
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Baines Johnson
James Buchanan
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The Federalist Papers were important philosophical documents that helped shape the Constitution. What president is known for writing a good portion of the Federalist Papers and the Constitution as well?
John Quincy Adams
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
James Madison
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What American president's time in office split the two non-consecutive terms of President Grover Cleveland?
Benajmin Harrison
John Tyler
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
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What American president condemned and worked to end the Boston Police Strike of 1919 while he worked as the Governor of Massachusetts?
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Calvin Coolidge
Andrew Jackson
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The capital city of the nation of Liberia is named in honor of what American president?
James Monroe
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
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What American president purchased and restructured the Marion Star newspaper before he entered the presidency?
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Bejamin Harrison
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The Nullification Crisis was a major incident that which American president had to deal with by facing off against his former vice president?
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
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What American president won two national football championships during his time playing with the University of Michigan.
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
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