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U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #1

Use the hint to identify the appropriate president. The same president may be the answer to multiple questions. You will be given a different random selection of hints every time you take the quiz. Collect them all!

This quiz covers presidents #1 through #15.

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Last updated: January 23, 2024
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The 1st President of the United States (1789-1797).
George Washington
Famously served at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Andrew Jackson
The 13th President of the United States (1850-1853).
Millard Fillmore
His wife Dolley was the only First Lady to be given an honorary seat on the floor of Congress, and was the first American to reply to a telegraph message.
James Madison
Alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Franklin Pierce
During his presidency, tensions between Native Americans and Euro-Americans led to Tecumseh’s War, the Peoria War and the Creek War.
James Madison
The goals of his administration were (1) reestablish the Independent Treasury System; (2) reduce tariffs; (3) acquire some or all of the Oregon Country; and (4) acquire California and its harbors from Mexico.
James K. Polk
Successfully asked Congress for a declaration of war against the Barbary States, whose pirates threatened U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean.
Thomas Jefferson
Despite his misgivings, he signed the bill that created the Department of the Interior in 1849.
James K. Polk
North Carolina (1789), Rhode Island (1790), Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792) and Tennessee (1796) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.
George Washington
Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859) and Kansas (1861) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.
James Buchanan
Frequently clashed with Benjamin Franklin over management of relations with France.
John Adams
Purchased Florida from Spain and set the boundary between the Louisiana Purchase and Spanish territory.
John Quincy Adams
Florida (1845) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.
John Tyler
With Thomas Jefferson, co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party.
James Madison
Initiated at least fourteen indictments of political rivals under the Sedition Act and brought lawsuits against five prominent newspapers that criticized the government.
John Adams
During his administration, Captain John C. Frémont symbolically claimed the Rocky Mountains and the West for the U.S. (1842).
John Tyler
Simultaneously served as the 7th United States Secretary of State and the 8th United States Secretary of War, 1815-1817.
James Monroe
Established the Utah Territory, promising the Latter Day Saint settlers they would have little interference from Congress despite living in a federal territory.
Zachary Taylor
Sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the Japanese shogunate to effect a trade deal (1854).
Franklin Pierce
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