Quizbowl US Presidents I

Whiskey Rebellion

George Washington

“a fine fox chase”

George Washington

Conway Cabal

George Washington

Battle of Jumonville Glen

George Washington

evacuated troops across Brooklyn Ferry

George Washington

Blue Lights and Essex Junto opponents

James Madison

Macon’s Bill Number 2

James Madison

Ambassador to Russia

John Quincy Adams

Only former president to join House

John Quincy Adams

Resigned after Petticoat Affair

Martin Van Buren

Only VP to be elected thru 12th amendment

Martin Van Buren

Panic of 1837

Martin Van Buren

“Log Cabin and Hard Cider”

William Henry Harrison

Treaty of Wanghia

John Tyler

USS Princeton accident

John Tyler

Only president to be House Speaker

James K. Polk

John C. Breckenridge

James Buchanan

Bullion ship “Central America”

James Buchanan

Governor of the Utah Territory

James Buchanan

“10 cents a day is enough”

James Buchanan

Edmund Ross

Andrew Johnson

William H. Emory

Andrew Johnson

John McAllister Schofield

Andrew Johnson

Henry Stanberry

Andrew Johnson

William Kelley

Andrew Johnson

Whiskey Ring

Ulysses S. Grant

Star Routes scandal

James A. Garfield

Assassinated by Charles Guiteau

James A. Garfield

James Blaine

James A. Garfield

Elected to House during Civil War

James A. Garfield

Dedicated Horatio Alger work

James A. Garfield

“Mongrel Tariff”

Chester A. Arthur

Stalwart

Chester A. Arthur

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

Chester A. Arthur

Roscoe Conkling

Chester A. Arthur

“Front porch” campaign

William McKinley

Lost Speaker race to Thomas Reed

William McKinley

chairman of Ways and Means Committee

William McKinley

Bull Moose Party

Teddy Roosevelt

Secret treaty allowing Japan to invade Korea

Teddy Roosevelt

Pure Food and Drug Act

Teddy Roosevelt

namesake Corollary

Teddy Roosevelt

Elkins and Hepburn Acts

Teddy Roosevelt

Proposed 16th Amendment

William Howard Taft

Dollar Diplomacy

William Howard Taft

Richard Ballinger

William Howard Taft

Opposed by Robert LaFallete

William Howard Taft

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

William Howard Taft

Only president to also have been Chief Justice

William Howard Taft

State of the union in front of Congress

Woodrow Wilson

made FTC

Woodrow Wilson

Federal Reserve

Woodrow Wilson

Clayton Antitrust Act

Woodrow Wilson

Teapot Dome Scandal

Warren G. Harding

Defeated Al Smith

Herbert Hoover

Norris-LaGuardia Act

Herbert Hoover

Withdrew from Nicaragua and Haiti

Herbert Hoover

Wickersham Commission

Herbert Hoover

Stimson Doctrine

Herbert Hoover

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Herbert Hoover

Head of US Food Administration during WWI

Herbert Hoover

Court-packing scheme

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Interstate Highway System

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1919 Motor convoy

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Chance for Peace” Speech from Starler Hotel

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Potter Stewart and John Harlan appointees

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Attorney General Herbert Brownell

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Operation Wetback

Dwight D. Eisenhower

War on Poverty

Lyndon B. Johnson

Senate Majority leader

Lyndon B. Johnson

Bilingual Education Act

Lyndon B. Johnson

Speech at University of Michigan

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson

“The Plumbers”

Richard Nixon

“Saturday Night Massacre”

Richard Nixon

Watergate

Richard Nixon

“Whip Inflation Now” buttons

Gerald Ford

Moore and Charles Manson follower assassination attempt

Gerald Ford

Tower Commission

Ronald Reagan

Challenger disaster

Ronald Reagan

Gulf of Sidra

Ronald Reagan

Crawford refused to be his Treasurer

John Quincy Adams

Anti-slavery petitions repealed gag rules

John Quincy Adams

Indian Citizenship Act

Calvin Coolidge

Great Mississippi Flood

Calvin Coolidge

Vetoed establishing price ceilings

Calvin Coolidge

“Arsenal of Democracy” speech

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“A Time for Choosing”

Ronald Reagan

Rendezvous with Destiny

Ronald Reagan