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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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Investigated and prosecuted corruption in the Indian Service, General Land Office and Post Office Department.
Theodore Roosevelt
Signed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, banning nearly all immigration from China for ten years.
Chester A. Arthur
The 24th President of the United States (1893-1897).
Grover Cleveland
Presided over most of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865).
Abraham Lincoln
Continued his predecessor’s policy of breaking up monopolistic businesses, bringing 70 lawsuits under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
William Howard Taft
Became the first President to help settle a labor dispute (the Coal strike of 1902).
Theodore Roosevelt
During his presidency, the Sixteenth Amendment was passed, allowing Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population, thus overruling the Supreme Court decision in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., which held that Congress’s previous attempt to levy such a tax was unconstitutional.
William Howard Taft
Authorized Secretary of State James G. Blaine to call for a Pan-American conference in 1882 to mediate disputes among the Latin American nations and to serve as a forum for talks on increasing trade.
James A. Garfield
Advocated in 1881 for strengthening the Navy, which had shrunk from 700 vessels during the Civil War to 52, most of which were obsolete.
Chester A. Arthur
Was a committed non-interventionist, declining to continue foreign policy initiatives begun by his predecessors.
Grover Cleveland
In his inaugural address (1869), he urged ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment and called for “proper treatment” of Native Americans.
Ulysses S. Grant
Failed to convince Congress to pass legislation to replace the Civil Rights Act of 1875 when it was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1883.
Chester A. Arthur
The 28th President of the United States (1913-1921).
Woodrow Wilson
Oklahoma (1907) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt
North Dakota (1889), South Dakota (1889), Montana (1889), Washington (1889), Idaho (1890) and Wyoming (1890) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.
Benjamin Harrison
Saved taxpayers about $10 million by refinancing the national debt.
James A. Garfield
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
The 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893).
Benjamin Harrison
Signed the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), legally freeing all slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
The only President to serve two non-consecutive terms (as of January 2024).
Grover Cleveland
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