Multiple Choice Questions

The energy crisis of the late 1970's occurred during which presidential administration?
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Richard Nixon
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Gerald Ford
Which president initiated the “Good Neighbor Policy” and pledged not to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries?
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Woodrow Wilson
Which president repealed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George W. Bush
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
Which president is the only leader to have served in both the White House and Supreme Court?
  • John Adams
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • William Howard Taft
  • John Quincy Adams
Which president ended a period of “détente” with the Soviet Union by adopting a more confrontational stance and trying to “rollback” communist influence during the 1980s?
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Gerald Ford
  • Jimmy Carter
Which president initiated a period of “peaceful coexistence” with the Soviet Union and negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation and Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaties in the 1970s?
  • Richard Nixon
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford
Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Bill Clinton
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Richard Nixon
Which president implemented the policy of “dollar diplomacy”?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William Howard Taft
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • William McKinley
Which president signed the Defense of Marriage Act?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George W. Bush
Which president signed the Patient and Affordable Care Act which required all Americans to have health insurance?
  • George H.W. Bush
  • George W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • Bill Clinton
Which president implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement?
  • George W. Bush
  • Bill Clinton
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George H.W. Bush
Which president was the second to have been successfully impeached by the House of Representatives?
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Richard Nixon
  • Gerald Ford
  • Bill Clinton
Which president led the nation throughout most of World War II?
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Harry S. Truman
Which president added a “corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the US could intervene in order to end unrest in another country?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William McKinley
  • William Howard Taft
Which president gave the “Day of Infamy” speech?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • George W. Bush
Which president led the nation for almost the entire duration of the Korea War?
  • Harry S. Truman
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Woodrow Wilson
Which president led the nation during the Iran hostage crisis?
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Richard Nixon
  • Gerald Ford
Which president signed the No Child Left Behind Act?
  • Barack Obama
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Bill Clinton
  • George W. Bush
Which president began to normalize the US-Cuban relationship after more than 50 years of hostility?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • George W. Bush
Which president was known as the “conservation president” for his expansion of the national park system?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • William Howard Taft
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William McKinley
Which president initiated the “New Deal” in an effort to end the Great Depression?
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president led the nation to victory during the first Gulf War in the 1990s?
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George W. Bush
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
Which president’s administration was marred by scandals including the Teapot Dome scandal and extramarital affairs?
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Warren G. Harding
  • James Garfield
Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
  • Richard Nixon
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
Which president convened the Washington Naval Conference in 1921 to limit battleship construction?
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Herbert Hoover
Which president won Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I, making him the second president to receive the award?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president created the Peace Corps?
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Harry S. Truman
Which president appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Justice, to the Supreme Court?
  • George W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
Which president signed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913?
  • William McKinley
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • William Howard Taft
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Which president ended 25 years of hostility by opening relations with Communist China?
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Richard Nixon
Which president hosted peace talks, known as the Dayton Accords, which led to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
  • Bill Clinton
  • Barack Obama
  • George H.W. Bush
  • George W. Bush
Which president implemented the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • George W. Bush
Which president withdrew US ground troops from the Vietnam War?
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford
Which president advocated the adoption of the Kellogg-Briand Pact which sought to outlaw war in 1928?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Warren G. Harding
Which president created the interstate highway system?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president proposed the 14 Points at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Harry S. Truman
Which president initiated the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • George W. Bush
Which president was elected to the White House four times?
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Grover Cleveland
Which president pledged to land a man on the moon within a decade?
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Richard Nixon
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president implemented the Great Society and the War on Poverty?
  • Richard Nixon
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • John F. Kennedy
Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2009 for his efforts to encourage nuclear non-proliferation, making him the fourth president to receive the award?
  • George W. Bush
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Bill Clinton
  • Barack Obama
Which president appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice, to the Supreme Court?
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Barack Obama
Which president won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William Howard Taft
  • Warren G. Harding
Which president was criticized for cracking down on the “Bonus Army” in 1932 — a group of WWI veterans who sought financial aid during the Great Depression?
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Herbert Hoover
Which president ordered federal troops to enforce desegregation at Little Rock, Arkansas?
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president was criticized for his “court packing” scheme — an attempt to appoint six new justices to the Supreme Court?
  • Richard Nixon
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
Which president initiated the “War on Drugs”?
  • Richard Nixon
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Jimmy Carter
Which president guided the nation through the end of the Cold War into a “new world order”?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George W. Bush
Which president implemented the policy of containment against the Soviet Union in the Cold War?
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2002 for his efforts to promote peaceful solutions after leaving the White House, making him the third president to receive the award?
  • Gerald Ford
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Jimmy Carter
  • George H.W. Bush
Which president stepped up the “War on Drugs” in order to counter “crack” cocaine during the 1980s?
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford
Which president approved the Bay of Pigs invasion and confronted the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Harry S. Truman
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
Which president escalated the Vietnam War by deploying large numbers of conventional ground troops following the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • John F. Kennedy
Which president introduced the Cold War concept of the “Domino Theory?”
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • John F. Kennedy
Which president was the first to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?
  • Warren G. Harding
  • William Howard Taft
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Woodrow Wilson
Which president was in office at the start of the Great Recession?
  • Bill Clinton
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • George W. Bush
Which president appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice, to the Supreme Court?
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Barack Obama
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Ronald Reagan
Which president implemented supply-side economics during the 1980s?
  • Jimmy Carter
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Gerald Ford
  • Ronald Reagan
Which president was known as the “trust-buster” for his aggressive prosecution of anti-competitive business practices?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William McKinley
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • Grover Cleveland
Which president was the first to take office by ascending from the vice-presidential office through constitutional succession?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Tyler
  • Andrew Johnson
Which president introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Abraham Lincoln
Which president’s administration was marred by a number of scandals, including the Gold Ring, the Whiskey Ring, and the Sanborn contract?
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Warren G. Harding
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Ulysses S. Grant
Which president ordered Commodore Perry to open relations with Japan?
  • James Buchanan
  • James K. Polk
  • Millard Filmore
  • Frankl Pierce
Which president’s administration is most closely associated with the “Era of Good Feelings?”
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • John F. Kennedy
  • John Adams
  • James Monroe
Which president was accused of agreeing to a “corrupt bargain” that prevented Andrew Jackson from securing the White House in 1824?
  • John Quincy Adams
  • Martin Van Buren
  • James Monroe
  • James Madison
Which president implemented an Indian removal policy that led to the Trail of Tears?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Andrew Jackson
  • William Henry Harrison
  • Ulysses S. Grant
Which president signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Monroe
  • John Quincy Adams
  • James Madison
The election of which president led to the end of Reconstruction in the South in 1877?
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • James A. Garfield
Which president improperly used his influence to sway the 1857 Supreme Court decision
  • James Buchanan
  • Franklin Pierce
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Millard Filmore
Which president signed the Alien & Sedition Acts?
  • George Washington
  • James Madison
  • John Adams
  • Thomas Jefferson
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • George Washington
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Andrew Johnson
During which presidential administration did the XYZ affair and the Quasi-War with France occur?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • George Washington
  • James Madison
  • John Adams
Which president led the nation during the War of 1812?
  • James Monroe
  • James Madison
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
Which president signed the Dawes Act, which allotted land to individual Indians and encouraged cultural assimilation in 1887?
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Which president created the First Bank of the United States?
  • George Washington
  • John Adams
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Thomas Jefferson
Which man was the only one who served as president in two non-consecutive terms?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Andrew Jackson
Which president was the first to have his voice recorded and also ordered the installation of electric lights in the White House?
  • William Howard Taft
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William McKinley
  • Benjamin Harrison
Which president repealed most of the Alien & Sedition Acts?
  • James Monroe
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • John Quincy Adams
Before becoming president, which statesman drafted the Bill of Rights?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • George Washington
  • John Adams
  • James Madison
Which president led the nation to victory in the Mexican-American War?
  • Millard Filmore
  • James K. Polk
  • Zachary Taylor
  • John Tyler
Which president instituted civil service reform that awarded federal jobs based on merit instead of political connections in 1883?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Chester A. Arthur
Which president resolved the “nullification crisis” of 1828–1832?
  • Martin Van Buren
  • Andrew Jackson
  • James Monroe
  • John Quincy Adams
The Second Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?
  • James Buchanan
  • James Madison
  • John Adams
  • James Monroe
Which president successfully suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion?
  • George Washington
  • James Madison
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Woodrow Wilson
Which president signed the Compromise of 1850?
  • Millard Filmore
  • James K. Polk
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Franklin Pierce
Which president successfully negotiated a treaty to acquire Alaska from Russia in 1867?
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Andrew Johnson
Which president used federal troops to suppress the Pullman Strike of 1894?
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William McKinley
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
  • William Howard Taft
The First Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
  • James Madison
Which president was the first to be filmed by a motion-picture camera?
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • William McKinley
  • William Howard Taft
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Which president used federal troops to suppress the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
  • Chester A. Arthur
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • Grover Cleveland
Which president signed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railways Act of 1862?
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • James Buchanan
Which president was commander in chief during the Northwest Indian War?
  • George Washington
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • James Madison
Which president was the only one who was officially a member of the Federalist Party?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • George Washington
  • James Madison
  • John Adams
Which president annexed Texas?
  • James K. Polk
  • Martin Van Buren
  • Andrew Jackson
  • John Tyler
Which president vetoed an effort to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Martin Van Buren
  • James Monroe
Which president was the second to be assassinated while in office?
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • William Henry Harrison
  • William McKinley
  • James A. Garfield
Which president successfully negotiated with Britain a resolution to the Oregon boundary dispute?
  • John Tyler
  • James K. Polk
  • Millard Filmore
  • Zachary Taylor
Which president annexed Hawaii in 1898?
  • William McKinley
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Benjamin Harrison
Which president signed a bill banning the importation of slaves to the United States?
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Quincy Adams
  • George Washington
Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • John Adams
  • George Washington
Which president was the first to be attacked by an assassin while in office?
  • George Washington
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • William Henry Harrison
  • Andrew Jackson
Which president was the first to face an impeachment vote in the US Senate?
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Richard Nixon
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Andrew Jackson
Which president was the first to have impeachment proceedings initiated against him?
  • John Tyler
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr launched his conspiracy during which presidential administration?
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
  • James Madison
Which president issued a warning during his farewell address against “foreign entanglements” and the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party?”
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
  • George Washington
  • James Madison
Which president was in office for the shortest amount of time?
  • James A. Garfield
  • Andrew Johnson
  • William Henry Harrison
  • William McKinley
Which president negotiated the Gadsden Purchase in 1854?
  • Franklin Pierce
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Millard Fillmore
  • James K. Polk
Which president led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • William McKinley
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William Howard Taft
Which president first established a doctrine that European intervention in the western hemisphere would be regarded as a threat to American security?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • James Monroe
  • James Madison
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
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