APUSH PRESIDENTS

1. The first president in American history to be impeached

Selected: g. Andrew JohnsonThis answer is correct.

2. Rough Rider during the Spanish-American War; after having left the presidency in 1908, he ran again in 1912 as a member of the Bull-Moose (or Progressive) Party and lost

Selected: d. Theodore RooseveltThis answer is correct.

3. Arguably the most influential president of the second half of the 20th century; elected in 1980 with the support of a Moral Majority; president during the Iran-Contra Scandal; demanded that, "Mr. Gorbachev: Tear down this wall!"

Selected: a. Ronald ReaganThis answer is correct.

4. Commanding general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; first president of the United States; whiskey rebellion; Neutrality Proclamation; Farewell Address

Selected: h. George WashingtonThis answer is correct.

5. Was elected as a result of a "corrupt bargain" in 1824

Selected: c. John Quincy AdamsThis answer is correct.

6. Fought against Tecumseh at Tippecanoe and again in the War of 1812; was the president for only one month

Selected: f. William Henry HarrisonThis answer is correct.

7. Head of the US Food Administration during WWI; served as the Secretary of Commerce for Presidents Harding and Coolidge; President when the stock market crashed in 1929; demonstrated laissez-faire governing in response to the Great Depression

Selected: j. Herbert HooverThis answer is correct.

8. Supreme Allied Commander and planner of the DDay invasion during WWII; watched the economy prosper during his presidency

Selected: e. Dwight D. EisenhowerThis answer is correct.

9. Father of the Constitution; president during the War of 1812

Selected: i. James MadisonThis answer is correct.

10. Commanding general of the Union during the Civil War; elected to the presidency in 1868 and his time in office was plagued by scandals

Selected: b. Ulysses S. GrantThis answer is correct.

1. Was hand-selected by his mentor, Teddy Roosevelt, to be the Republican nominee in 1908; was not as progressive as Roosevelt wanted him to be and was thus challenged by Roosevelt in 1912 and lost re-election to the Democratic challenger, Woodrow Wilson

Selected: k. William TaftThis answer is correct.

2. Is often blamed for the Civil War; preceded Lincoln and did not do much governing to prevent the southern states from seceding

Selected: d. James BuchananThis answer is correct.

3. The Era of Good Feelings; although not taken seriously at the time, his doctrine attempted to remove European countries from the western hemisphere so that the US could dominate the region

Selected: h. James MonroeThis answer is correct.

4. A proud and aggressive expansionist; the Mexican-American War was nicknamed after him; "54-40 or Fight!"

Selected: f. James K. PolkThis answer is correct.

5. The White House was picketed by suffragists during his presidency; "he kept us out of the war;" president during World War I; 14 Points; the Treaty of Versailles was not ratified by the Senate during his presidency because of its creation of the League of Nations

Selected: c. Woodrow WilsonThis answer is correct.

6. Entered office in 1877, after the Compromise of 1877 (which arguable ended the era of Reconstruction) established him as the winner of the '76 election

Selected: a. Rutherford B. HayesThis answer is correct.

7. The 32nd president, elected in 1932; his New Deal helped America recover during the Great Depression; president during most of WWII; Pearl Harbor; Executive Order 9066; elected to an unprecedented 4 terms

Selected: g. Franklin Delano RooseveltThis answer is correct.

8. Major player during at both Continental Congresses during the Revolution; second American president; Federalist; XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts

Selected: l. John AdamsThis answer is correct.

9. The only American president sworn-in on Air Force One; drastically escalated the Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society; Medicare/aid

Selected: b. Lyndon B. JohnsonThis answer is correct.

10. American General during the Mexican-American War; died roughly a year into his presidency from illness

Selected: j. Zachary TaylorThis answer is correct.

11. Served on HUAC during the era of McCarthyism; lost the election of 1960 to JFK, when the first televised debates aired; Vietnamization; after the Watergate floods opened, he resigned before he could be impeached

Selected: e. Richard NixonThis answer is correct.

12. Second son in American history to be the president; elected in 2000 in a dramatic, disputable fashion, against Al Gore; September 11 Attacks; Operation Iraqi Freedom; No Child Left Behind

Selected: i. George Walker BushThis answer is correct.

1. Served in the Navy during WWII; first Catholic president; New Frontier; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963

Selected: h. John F. KennedyThis answer is correct.

2. Author of the Declaration of Independence; George Washington's Secretary of State; split from the Federal Party and founded the Democratic-Republicans (AKA: Republicans); States' Rights Theory; Barbary Pirate; Louisiana Purchase

Selected: d. Thomas JeffersonThis answer is correct.

3. First president elected when women could vote; called for a "return to normalcy;" scandalous presidency; often voted the absolute worst president in American history

Selected: e. Warren G. HardingThis answer is correct.

4. Only president in American history to serve non-consecutive terms

Selected: g. Grover ClevelandThis answer is correct.

5. Commanding American General at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812; lost the presidency in 1824 due to a "corrupt bargain;" Indian Removal Act; Tariff of Abominations; dismantled the Second National Bank

Selected: a. Andrew JacksonThis answer is correct.

6. First minority elected to the presidency; reformed healthcare; lasting-legacy is to be determined

Selected: f. Barack ObamaThis answer is correct.

7. President during the Spanish-American War

Selected: j. William McKinleyThis answer is correct.

8. Dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII; his doctrine provided financial aid to Greece and Turkey to help them re-built and prevent a Soviet invasion

Selected: i. Harry TrumanThis answer is correct.

9. President during the Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address; 13th Amendment

Selected: c. Abraham LincolnThis answer is correct.

10. Second president in American history to be impeached; NAFTA; "Don't Ask, Don't Tell;" left behind a surplus budget (good economy)

Selected: b. Bill Clinton