U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #2

Was impeached by the House of Representatives beginning on 24 February 1868 for knowingly violating the Tenure of Office Act and for questioning the legitimacy of Congress. The Senate declined to convict him.

Attempted to reform the civil service to a merit-based system, but was foiled by a Congress whose members preferred to retain the spoils system that supported cronyism and nepotism.

The 20th President of the United States (1881).

Was a committed non-interventionist, declining to continue foreign policy initiatives begun by his predecessors.

The 30th President of the United States (1923-1929).

The 21st President of the United States (1881-1885).

The 16th President of the United States (1861-1865).

Assassinated in Washington, D.C., in 1865.

Ended Reconstruction and returned the South to “home rule” (1877).

Domestically, he signed the Federal Highway Act of 1921 (which pumped $162 million into the U.S. highway system), advocated for regulation of radio broadcasting, inserted himself into labor disputes (notably those of coal miners and railroad workers), and convinced steel manufacturers to reduce steelworkers’ 12 hours per day/7 days per week schedule to a standard 8-hour day.

The 26th President of the United States (1901-1909).

Sought to renegotiate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to allow the U.S. to construct a canal through Panama without British involvement and to attempt to reduce British influence in the strategically located Kingdom of Hawai’i.

His address to Congress in 1923 was the first to be broadcast over the radio.

During his presidency, the U.S. military massacred over 250 Lakota at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota (1890).

His Secretary of the Interior, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, caused railroads to forfeit about 81 million acres of land for failing to extend their rail lines according to agreements with the government.

His veto of the Volstead Act, designed to enforce Amendment XVIII (prohibition), was overridden by Congress.

Under pressure from Congress, dropped his push to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the throne of Hawai’i and established diplomatic relations with the government of Sanford B. Dole (the Dole pineapple guy).

Sent troops to occupy Nicaragua in 1912, when continued instability threatened U.S. interests. The occupation lasted until 1933.

North Dakota (1889), South Dakota (1889), Montana (1889), Washington (1889), Idaho (1890) and Wyoming (1890) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.

The 29th President of the United States (1921-1923).