Early Presidents Quiz

1. Who was president during the Mexican-American War?
Martin Van Buren
James Polk
John Tyler
Franklin Pierce

2. Which president negotiated 70 treaties with Indian tribes?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Martin Van Buren

3. George Washington approved the Jay Treaty, which:
outlined the United State’s southern boundaries
gave America free rights of travel and commerce along the Mississippi River
established commercial trade relations with British Canada
gave the United State’s control of the Ohio Territory

4. Which president approved the Gadsden Purchase, which fixed the boundary between Mexico and the United States?
Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan

5. Which president vetoed the Greenback Bill which increased economic uncertainty, causing deflation to spread across the country?
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant

6. Which president ended the federal occupation of the South, ending Reconstruction?
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Andrew Johnson

7. Which president, after being defeated for reelection, kept appointing political allies to important positions in Washington?
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor
John Quincy Adams
John Adams

8. Which president issued an executive order banning the African slave trade in the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Millard Fillmore
James Monroe

9. Who was the first vice-president to later be elected president?
John Tyler
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

10. Which president improved the Navy by founding the Naval War College, upgrading military ships, and purchasing the United State's first steel-hulled ships?
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester A. Arthur
William Henry Harrison
John Quincy Adams

11. Which president approved the Burlingame Treaty, which opened Chinese markets to U.S. goods and gave U.S. and Chinese citizens reciprocal rights of travel?
James Buchanan
Chester A. Arthur
James Garfield
Andrew Johnson

12. Which president approved a tariff dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations"?
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe

13. Which president sponsored the first reform of the federal labor policy?
Martin Van Buren
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
John Tyler

14. Who was president when the southern states succeeded to form the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore

15. Which president ordered the U.S. Treasury to deem federal governments bonds in order to reduce the national debt, saving taxpayers roughly $10 million?
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Buchanan

16. Who was president during the War of 1812?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
James Monroe

17. Which president approved the first U.S. naturalization law, lengthening residency requirements for citizenship from two to five years?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison

18. Which president died of pneumonia after one month in office?
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
William Henry Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes

19. Which president gained office despite receiving less votes than his opponent?
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
James Polk
John Quincy Adams

20. Which president signed the Apportionment Act changing the way House Representatives are elected?
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
James Polk
Zachary Taylor


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