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U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #2

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

This quiz covers presidents #16 through #30.

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Last updated: January 26, 2024
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In his “Swing Around the Circle” campaign speaking tour in 1866, he compared himself to Jesus Christ, argued with hecklers and threatened to fire Cabinet secretaries who disagreed with him.
Andrew Johnson
During his presidency, Congress voted to declare war against Spain (1898) after the U.S.S. Maine was blown up by an underwater mine in Havana Harbor, where it had been sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban War of Independence.
William McKinley
The 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893).
Benjamin Harrison
The 22nd President of the United States (1885-1889).
Grover Cleveland
Worked with Congress to establish the Federal Reserve System.
Woodrow Wilson
Saved taxpayers about $10 million by refinancing the national debt.
James A. Garfield
Upon discovery of a tumor in his mouth, a secret surgery was performed in 1893, during which parts of his upper left jaw and hard palate were removed.
Grover Cleveland
The 25th President of the United States (1897-1901).
William McKinley
In 1906, he signed an executive order mandating the use of reformed spelling (as advocated by the Simplified Spelling Board) in his official communications and messages to Congress. He later rescinded the order after being ridiculed in the press and receiving a resolution of protest from the House of Representatives.
Theodore Roosevelt
In his inaugural address (1869), he urged ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and called for “proper treatment” of Native Americans.
Ulysses S. Grant
The 17th President of the United States (1865-1869).
Andrew Johnson
The 21st President of the United States (1881-1885).
Chester A. Arthur
Was a committed non-interventionist, declining to continue foreign policy initiatives begun by his predecessors.
Grover Cleveland
In 1878, mediated a territorial dispute between Argentina and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco region. The territory was awarded to Paraguay, who renamed a city and a department in the President’s honor.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Died in office in 1923, apparently of cardiac arrest, in San Francisco.
Warren G. Harding
Signed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, banning nearly all immigration from China for ten years.
Chester A. Arthur
Colorado (1876) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.
Ulysses S. Grant
In 1890, he signed the Dependent and Disability Pension Act, which provided pensions to disabled Civil War veterans (regardless of the cause of their disability).
Benjamin Harrison
Signed the Edmunds Act into law in 1882, making polygamy a federal crime, barring polygamists from holding public office, and taking away their right to vote.
Chester A. Arthur
Sent troops to occupy Haiti (1915) and the Dominican Republic (1916), and authorized interventions in Cuba, Panama and Honduras, despite having criticized his predecessors’ foreign policies as being too imperialistic.
Woodrow Wilson
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