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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 5th President of the United States (1817-1825).
James Monroe
The eldest son of the second President of the United States.
John Quincy Adams
The first recipient of an official transatlantic telegram, in 1858. The 98-word telegram from Queen Victoria took 16 hours to send.
James Buchanan
Arkansas (1836) and Michigan (1837) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.
Andrew Jackson
7th Senior Officer of the United States Army (1789-1797).
George Washington
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
Died of gastroenteritis while still in office in 1850.
Zachary Taylor
The 8th President of the United States (1837-1841).
Martin Van Buren
The 13th President of the United States (1850-1853).
Millard Fillmore
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The 9th President of the United States (1841).
William Henry Harrison
The first presidential veto to be overridden by Congress occurred on the last full day of his term in office in 1845.
John Tyler
The collapse of 1,400 state banks and 5,000 businesses signaled the beginning of the Panic of 1857 during his presidency.
James Buchanan
The Cherokee removal (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) occurred during his administration.
Martin Van Buren
Sent rail magnate James Gadsden to Mexico to buy land for a potential railroad in 1853. The territory included in the Gadsden Purchase comprised the southern portion of what is today the state of Arizona and part of the southern portion of New Mexico.
Franklin Pierce
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 1775-1783.
George Washington
Louisiana (1812) and Indiana (1816) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.
James Madison
During his presidency, tensions between Native Americans and Euro-Americans led to Tecumseh’s War, the Peoria War and the Creek War.
James Madison
He, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson all died on an anniversary of U.S. independence.
James Monroe
California (1850) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.
Millard Fillmore
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