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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The first presidential veto to be overridden by Congress occurred on the last full day of his term in office in 1845.	John Tyler
Due to the ineffectiveness of his Cabinet, he turned to an unofficial, varying group of advisors called the “Kitchen Cabinet.”	Andrew Jackson
The capital of Liberia is named in his honor.	James Monroe
Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859) and Kansas (1861) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	James Buchanan
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 9th President of the United States (1841).	William Henry Harrison
During his administration, Captain John C. Frémont symbolically claimed the Rocky Mountains and the West for the U.S. (1842).	John Tyler
During his presidency, tensions between Native Americans and Euro-Americans led to Tecumseh’s War, the Peoria War and the Creek War.	James Madison
Presided over the Mexican War (1846-1848).	James K. Polk
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France during his administration doubled the size of the United States.	Thomas Jefferson
Posthumously promoted by Congress, in 1976, to General of the Armies.	George Washington
Arkansas (1836) and Michigan (1837) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	Andrew Jackson
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 1775-1783.	George Washington
Declined to annex the Republic of Texas in 1837 when it was proposed by the Texas minister.	Martin Van Buren
Expanded U.S. trade through reciprocity agreements with Denmark, Prussia and the Federal Republic of Central America and trade agreements with the Kingdom of Hawai’i and the Kingdom of Tahiti, but was frustrated by Britain’s 1825 ban on U.S. trade with the British West Indies.	John Quincy Adams
The eldest son of the second President of the United States.	John Quincy Adams
The only president who succeeded by death or resignation that did not retain, at least initially, his predecessor's Cabinet.	Millard Fillmore
Presided over border dispute tensions between the state of Texas and the New Mexico Territory.	Zachary Taylor
Successfully asked Congress for a declaration of war against the Barbary States, whose pirates threatened U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean.	Thomas Jefferson
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

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