Statistics for U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Famously served at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.	Andrew Jackson	100%
The 7th President of the United States (1829-1837).	Andrew Jackson	100%
His administration marked the beginning of the Native American removal policy.	Andrew Jackson	100%
Arkansas (1836) and Michigan (1837) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	Andrew Jackson	100%
Sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the Japanese shogunate to effect a trade deal (1854).	Franklin Pierce	100%
The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857).	Franklin Pierce	100%
North Carolina (1789), Rhode Island (1790), Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792) and Tennessee (1796) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	George Washington	100%
The 1st President of the United States (1789-1797).	George Washington	100%
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 1775-1783.	George Washington	100%
Posthumously promoted by Congress, in 1976, to General of the Armies.	George Washington	100%
The collapse of 1,400 state banks and 5,000 businesses signaled the beginning of the Panic of 1857 during his presidency.	James Buchanan	100%
Despite his misgivings, he signed the bill that created the Department of the Interior in 1849.	James K. Polk	100%
Texas (1845), Iowa (1846) and Wisconsin (1848) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	James K. Polk	100%
As a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, introduced the Bill of Rights during the first Congress.	James Madison	100%
The 4th President of the United States (1809-1817).	James Madison	100%
Presided over the War of 1812 with Great Britain.	James Madison	100%
During his presidency, tensions between Native Americans and Euro-Americans led to Tecumseh’s War, the Peoria War and the Creek War.	James Madison	100%
His daughter Maria Hester was the first president’s child to get married at the White House in 1820.	James Monroe	100%
The capital of Liberia is named in his honor.	James Monroe	100%
The 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801).	John Adams	100%
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	100%
Frequently clashed with Benjamin Franklin over management of relations with France.	John Adams	100%
As a lawyer, defended in court six British soldiers implicated in the Boston Massacre.	John Adams	100%
The 6th President of the United States (1825-1829).	John Quincy Adams	100%
The eldest son of the second President of the United States.	John Quincy Adams	100%
The only former president to have been elected to the House of Representatives after his presidency.	John Quincy Adams	100%
Florida (1845) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.	John Tyler	100%
Citizens of Maine clashed with citizens of New Brunswick in 1841 over a territorial dispute involving 12,000 square miles, resulting in this president sending his Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, to negotiate with British emissary Lord Ashburton.	John Tyler	100%
During his administration, Captain John C. Frémont symbolically claimed the Rocky Mountains and the West for the U.S. (1842).	John Tyler	100%
During his presidency, violence erupted on the border with Canada, when British subjects rose up in rebellion in 1837 and 1838.	Martin Van Buren	100%
His administration ended up on the losing side of the Supreme Court case United States v. The Amistad, which resulted in a victory for enslaved Africans aboard a Spanish schooner seized by the U.S.	Martin Van Buren	100%
The Cherokee removal (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) occurred during his administration.	Martin Van Buren	100%
The 8th President of the United States (1837-1841).	Martin Van Buren	100%
Declined to annex the Republic of Texas in 1837 when it was proposed by the Texas minister.	Martin Van Buren	100%
Named Brigham Young (leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) as the first governor of the Utah Territory (1850). Young named both the first territorial capital and the surrounding county after the President.	Millard Fillmore	100%
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France during his administration doubled the size of the United States.	Thomas Jefferson	100%
The 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809).	Thomas Jefferson	100%
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence.	Thomas Jefferson	100%
Died (probably of pneumonia) exactly one month after taking office in 1841, having endured doctors’ ministrations of mustard plasters, laxatives, bloodletting, heated cups, castor oil, laudanum, opium and camphor.	William Henry Harrison	100%
The 9th President of the United States (1841).	William Henry Harrison	100%
The 12th President of the United States (1849-1850).	Zachary Taylor	100%
Died of gastroenteritis while still in office in 1850.	Zachary Taylor	100%
The 5th President of the United States (1817-1825).	James Monroe	89%
The 15th President of the United States (1857-1861).	James Buchanan	86%
Through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), ceded territory from Mexico that eventually became the states of California, Nevada and Utah; and parts of the states of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.	James K. Polk	86%
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	86%
Only President born in New Hampshire.	Franklin Pierce	83%
Mississippi (1817), Illinois (1818), Alabama (1819), Maine (1820) and Missouri (1821) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	James Monroe	83%
The first presidential veto to be overridden by Congress occurred on the last full day of his term in office in 1845.	John Tyler	83%
Despite his vague political beliefs, he was elected largely because of the national hero status he gained while engaged in the Mexican War.	Zachary Taylor	83%
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	80%
7th Senior Officer of the United States Army (1789-1797).	George Washington	80%
Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859) and Kansas (1861) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	James Buchanan	80%
Louisiana (1812) and Indiana (1816) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	James Madison	80%
With Thomas Jefferson, co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party.	James Madison	80%
Wrote in opposition to the Stamp Act using the pseudonym “Humphrey Ploughjogger.”	John Adams	80%
During his presidency, the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford further stoked distrust between North and South, especially when it became apparent that the court’s decision had been leaked to the President in advance.	James Buchanan	75%
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	75%
The 11th President of the United States (1845-1849).	James K. Polk	75%
Established a United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere and held that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States.	James Monroe	75%
The only president who succeeded by death or resignation that did not retain, at least initially, his predecessor's Cabinet.	Millard Fillmore	75%
California (1850) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.	Millard Fillmore	75%
Earned the nickname “Old Hickory” for his toughness.	Andrew Jackson	67%
The 10th President of the United States (1841-1845).	John Tyler	67%
Signed bills subsidizing the Illinois Central Railroad from Chicago to Mobile, and a canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.	Millard Fillmore	67%
Ohio (1803) was admitted to the Union during his presidency.	Thomas Jefferson	67%
Lowered the national debt from $83 million to $57 million.	Thomas Jefferson	67%
Presided over border dispute tensions between the state of Texas and the New Mexico Territory.	Zachary Taylor	67%
Due to the ineffectiveness of his Cabinet, he turned to an unofficial, varying group of advisors called the “Kitchen Cabinet.”	Andrew Jackson	60%
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	60%
The 13th President of the United States (1850-1853).	Millard Fillmore	60%
Successfully asked Congress for a declaration of war against the Barbary States, whose pirates threatened U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean.	Thomas Jefferson	60%
Alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.	Franklin Pierce	50%
Presided over the Mexican War (1846-1848).	James K. Polk	50%
Simultaneously served as the 7th United States Secretary of State and the 8th United States Secretary of War, 1815-1817.	James Monroe	50%
He, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson all died on an anniversary of U.S. independence.	James Monroe	50%
Although it was largely blamed on the policies of his predecessor, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 occurred during this man’s presidency, followed by a five-year depression.	Martin Van Buren	50%
His domestic agenda (later called the American System) was designed to unite disparate regional interests in the promotion of a thriving national economy, but was not well-received in Congress.	John Quincy Adams	40%
The first recipient of an official transatlantic telegram, in 1858. The 98-word telegram from Queen Victoria took 16 hours to send.	James Buchanan	33%
Purchased Florida from Spain and set the boundary between the Louisiana Purchase and Spanish territory.	John Quincy Adams	33%
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	0%