#11-20 Presidents

Question 1

11

Answer 1

James K. Polk

Question 2

12

Answer 2

Zachary Taylor

Question 3

13

Answer 3

Millard Fillmore

Question 4

14

Answer 4

Franklin Pierce

Question 5

15

Answer 5

James Buchanan

Question 6

16

Answer 6

Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

17

Answer 7

Andrew Johnson

Question 8

18

Answer 8

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 9

19

Answer 9

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 10

20

Answer 10

James A., Garfield

Question 11

War with Mexico 1848 – Mexican American War, also known as Mr. Polk’s War

Answer 11

James K. Polk

Question 12

Confirmed the fact that Gold was discovered in California

Answer 12

James K. Polk

Question 13

Was President during the first half of the Gold Rush

Answer 13

James K. Polk

Question 14

A general during War with Mexico

Answer 14

Zachary Taylor

Question 15

Was president during the Gold Rush

Answer 15

Zachary Taylor

Question 16

Supported the Compromise of 1850 which further complicated the Slave issue but allowed California to join the Union.

Answer 16

Millard Fillmore

Question 17

Also supported the Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 17

Millard Fillmore

Question 18

Supported the Kansas Nebraska Act, which replaced the Missouri Compromise

Answer 18

Franklin Pierce

Question 19

Helped draft the Ostend Manifesto – reasons why the US should purchase Cuba from Spain

Answer 19

James Buchannan

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

James Buchannan

Question 21

Was president during the Civil War

Answer 21

Abraham Lincoln

Question 22

Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 22

Abraham Lincoln

Question 23

Wrote the Gettysburg Address

Answer 23

Abraham Lincoln

Question 24

First President to die by an assassin - John Wilkes Booth

Answer 24

Abraham Lincoln

Question 25

President during Reconstruction

Answer 25

Andrew Johnson

Question 26

Was impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted by the US Senate

Answer 26

Andrew Johnson

Question 27

Was the most identifiable Union general during the Civil War and accepted General Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 27

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 28

His Presidency was filled with scandals

Answer 28

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 29

ended the military occupation of the South

Answer 29

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 30

Instituted Civil Service Reform as an attempt to end the political favors from the Spoils System

Answer 30

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 31

was a preacher before he was president

Answer 31

James A. Garfield

Question 32

First President to appoint African Americans to federal positions

Answer 32

James A. Garfield

Question 33

Was shot and killed by an assassin (Charles Julius Guiteau ), his Presidency only lasted 200 days

Answer 33

James A. Garfield