Statistics for U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #3

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Only President born in Hawaii.	Barack Obama	100%
The 44th President of the United States (2009-2017).	Barack Obama	100%
The first African American President of the U.S.	Barack Obama	100%
Signed the Paris Climate Accords, significantly reduced the U.S. military presence in Iraq, ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, ordered military involvement in Libya (contributing to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi), negotiated a nuclear agreement with Iran, and normalized relations with Cuba.	Barack Obama	100%
Guided the economy’s recovery from the Great Recession, partially extended his predecessor’s tax cuts, reformed financial regulations, and issued an executive order limiting carbon emissions.	Barack Obama	100%
His actions responding to a congressional investigation into his relationship with a 22-year-old intern resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives, although the Senate declined to convict him.	Bill Clinton	100%
The 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001).	Bill Clinton	100%
Only President born in Arkansas.	Bill Clinton	100%
Ordered U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Kosovo, called for the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe, and facilitated the Israeli-Palestinian and Northern Ireland peace processes.	Bill Clinton	100%
Presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history and was the first President of the Baby Boomer generation.	Bill Clinton	100%
Signed an agreement at Doha in 2020 that released 5,000 Taliban fighters and effectively turned Afghanistan over to the Taliban.	Donald Trump	100%
Before his presidency, he was a businessman and reality TV show host, with five of his businesses filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (one of them twice) and his unlicensed ersatz “university” being forced to close amid a spate of investigations, lawsuits and student complaints.	Donald Trump	100%
After campaigning on eliminating the national debt, he added $8.4 trillion to it in a single term, also substantially increasing the deficit with large tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy that weren’t offset by cuts in spending.	Donald Trump	100%
The second of two presidents since 1920 to leave office with a net loss of jobs from the economy.	Donald Trump	100%
Frequently referred to the press (especially outlets that published unflattering stories about him) as “the enemy of the people” and “the fake news media.”	Donald Trump	100%
The 45th President of the United States (2017-2021).	Donald Trump	100%
The only president to have been impeached twice by the House, although the Senate declined to convict him in both instances.	Donald Trump	100%
Championed and signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the Interstate Highway System, justifying it as being necessary to national security during the Cold War.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	100%
The only President to have served more than two terms.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
The 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945).	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
His speech calling upon Congress to declare war began, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
Led the nation during most of World War II.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
His New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations designed to provide relief for farmers, the unemployed, youth and the elderly; help the economy recover from the Great Depression; and reform the financial system to avoid a repeat of the depression.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
Died in office in 1945, less than 30 days before Germany’s surrender from World War II.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100%
Faced with increasing unemployment (from 5.9% in 1989 to 7.8% in mid-1991) and a ballooning federal deficit (from $152.1 billion in 1989 to $220 billion in 1990), he was forced to renege on his campaign promise: “… read my lips. No new taxes.”	George H. W. Bush	100%
The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993).	George H. W. Bush	100%
The 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009).	George W. Bush	100%
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, he began the “war on terror,” created the Department of Homeland Security, and signed the Patriot Act, which authorized the surveillance of suspected terrorists.	George W. Bush	100%
Signed a major tax cut program, the inaccurately named Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Medicare Modernization Act (which created Medicare Part D); was criticized for his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and led the country into the Great Recession.	George W. Bush	100%
Ordered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan with the goals of overthrowing the Taliban, capturing Osama bin Laden, and destroying al-Qaeda. Based on faulty intelligence, ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was alleged to have been stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to battle AIDS globally.	George W. Bush	100%
Was the target of two assassination attempts in 1975.	Gerald Ford	100%
The 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953).	Harry S. Truman	100%
A strong supporter of NATO when it was established in 1949, he appointed General Eisenhower as supreme commander of NATO forces.	Harry S. Truman	100%
Approved the schedule for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.	Harry S. Truman	100%
His second inauguration was the first to be televised nationally.	Harry S. Truman	100%
The Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981) was largely responsible for his failure to be elected to a second term.	Jimmy Carter	100%
The 39th President of the United States (1977-1981).	Jimmy Carter	100%
Only President born in Georgia.	Jimmy Carter	100%
Pardoned all Vietnam conflict draft evaders on his second day in office.	Jimmy Carter	100%
Enthusiastically approved the plan his predecessor created to invade Cuba at Bahía de los Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), a plan that proved disastrous for the U.S., and presided over the Cuban Missile Crisis in the wake of the growing economic and military alliance between Cuba and the Soviet Union.	John F. Kennedy	100%
His assassination in Dallas in 1963 was the subject of a congressional commission and fodder for numerous conspiracy theories.	John F. Kennedy	100%
The 35th President of the United States (1961-1963).	John F. Kennedy	100%
Convinced Congress to approve a major increase in funding for NASA in 1961 and committed the country to a crewed lunar landing by the end of the decade.	John F. Kennedy	100%
Largely deferred pushing his civil rights agenda until his third year in office.	John F. Kennedy	100%
Famously took his oath of office aboard Air Force One.	Lyndon B. Johnson	100%
The 36th President of the United States (1963-1969).	Lyndon B. Johnson	100%
In 1963, initiated his War on Poverty, signing the Economic Opportunity Act that created the Job Corps, the Community Action Program and VISTA.	Lyndon B. Johnson	100%
After asserting “I’m not a crook,” he resigned in disgrace in 1974 once his role in the Watergate scandal became known.	Richard M. Nixon	100%
Ended military involvement in Vietnam and ended the military draft in 1973.	Richard M. Nixon	100%
The 37th President of the United States (1969-1974).	Richard M. Nixon	100%
During his presidency, Apollo 11 and its crew landed on the moon, 20 July 1969.	Richard M. Nixon	100%
His support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War led to an oil embargo by the Arab OPEC nations and gasoline shortages and rationing in the U.S. in 1973.	Richard M. Nixon	100%
His visit to mainland China in 1972 led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the U.S.	Richard M. Nixon	100%
Created the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) and signed the Endangered Species Act (1973) and amendments to the Clean Air Act (1970).	Richard M. Nixon	100%
Escalated an arms race, moved away from détente with the Soviet Union, ordered the invasion of Grenada, expanded the war on drugs, fought public-sector labor unions, and largely ignored an epidemic that began in the U.S. on his watch.	Ronald Reagan	100%
His economic policy relied on economic deregulation, tax cuts, discretionary domestic spending cuts, and increased military spending … nearly tripling the national debt.	Ronald Reagan	100%
The 40th President of the United States (1981-1989).	Ronald Reagan	100%
Was embarrassed by the finding that he “knowingly participated or acquiesced in covering up the scandal” of violating his own administration’s arms embargo on Iran in the Iran-Contra affair.	Ronald Reagan	100%
The shantytowns of packing crates, abandoned cars and other scraps that sprang up across the country to shelter the unhoused during the Great Depression were named after him.	Herbert Hoover	86%
Formally authorized escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1962.	John F. Kennedy	86%
Met with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961 to discuss tensions over divided Berlin, nuclear testing and nuclear proliferation.	John F. Kennedy	86%
In a controversial move, he pardoned the crimes of his predecessor in 1974.	Gerald Ford	83%
Lost popularity after escalating deployment of troops to Vietnam, expanding the U.S. military’s role, and not being transparent about the change in policy.	Lyndon B. Johnson	83%
The 34th President of the United States (1953-1961).	Dwight D. Eisenhower	80%
Implemented and ratified Amendment XXVI, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 (1971).	Richard M. Nixon	80%
Signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, ending some of the more draconian practices of the health care insurance industry and establishing new rights and protections for the insured.	Barack Obama	75%
Ended fighting in Korea, but kept a large number of troops on the peninsula to deter North Korean aggression.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	75%
Despite his many accomplishments, he had a rather spotty civil and human rights record, explicitly excluding Mexican Americans from New Deal benefits, forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans, and discouraging and disqualifying many Jewish refugees from Europe.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	75%
Championed and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Immigration Act and amendments to the Clean Air Act.	George H. W. Bush	75%
His administration increased the numbers of B-52 bombers and atomic weapons by 50%.	John F. Kennedy	75%
Signed the Voting Rights Act and completely reformed the immigration system with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.	Lyndon B. Johnson	75%
His acting career (mostly in B movies) was interrupted by World War II.	Ronald Reagan	75%
The charity he founded underwent a court-ordered dissolution beginning in 2018 as the result of “a shocking pattern of illegality” that included self-dealing, illegal campaign contributions, and failure to register.	Donald Trump	67%
In response to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch in 1957, created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), although he later suffered buyer’s remorse.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	67%
Alaska (1959) and Hawaii (1959) were admitted to the Union during his presidency.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	67%
His administration made extensive use of propaganda and covert action. His CIA supported military coups d’état in Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954).	Dwight D. Eisenhower	67%
Presided over the end of the Cold War, and signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by which the U.S. and the Soviet Union (under Mikhail Gorbachev) agreed to cut their strategic nuclear weapons by 30 percent. (The Soviet Union dissolved five months later.)	George H. W. Bush	67%
Only President born in Nebraska.	Gerald Ford	67%
The 38th President of the United States (1974-1977).	Gerald Ford	67%
Without a declaration of war, authorized the deployment of U.S. troops under the auspices of the U.N. to repel North Korea’s invasion of South Korea under Kim Il-sung in 1950.	Harry S. Truman	67%
Only President born in Iowa.	Herbert Hoover	67%
His Executive Order 10924 established the Peace Corps as part of his plan to keep communism out of recently decolonized developing nations.	John F. Kennedy	67%
Played a key role in the reunification of Germany and presided over an invasion of Panama and over the Gulf War, ending Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.	George H. W. Bush	60%
Despite having supported civil rights during his presidency, he became critical of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.	Harry S. Truman	60%
Had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.”	Harry S. Truman	60%
In post-presidency civil trials, was found liable for sexual abuse, defamation (twice) and fraud (multiple counts). In addition, four grand juries indicted him on a total of 91 felony criminal counts.	Donald Trump	50%
Broke ties with Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro, and authorized a CIA operation to carry out a campaign of terrorist attacks and sabotage, kill civilians, and cause economic damage.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	50%
Only President born in Connecticut.	George W. Bush	50%
During his administration, inflation reached 12%, unemployment reached 9%, and the federal budget ran a deficit every year (as high as $53 billion in 1975 and $73.7 billion in 1976).	Gerald Ford	50%
The 31st President of the United States (1929-1933).	Herbert Hoover	50%
Successfully pursued the Camp David Accords (brokering peace between Egypt and Israel), the Panama Canal treaties (giving Panama full control of canal operations, ensuring permanent neutrality of the canal, and providing for its defense), and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union.	Jimmy Carter	50%
Only President born in California.	Richard M. Nixon	50%
In response to the death of a U.S. soldier in a West Berlin disco bombing, this President authorized the use of force against Libya in 1986.	Ronald Reagan	50%
Only President born in Illinois.	Ronald Reagan	50%
Only President born in Missouri.	Harry S. Truman	25%
His overly zealous prosecution of undocumented immigrants resulted in the deportation of nearly one million Mexican Americans, about 60% of whom were birthright citizens.	Herbert Hoover	17%
Mostly pursued a policy of non-interventionism in Latin America, although he did send warships to El Salvador in 1931 to support President Araujo against a coup d’état led by Araujo’s minister of war.	Herbert Hoover	0%
The first of only two Presidents since 1920 to preside over a net loss of jobs from the economy. When he left office, nearly 25% of the workforce was unemployed.	Herbert Hoover	0%