Presidential Scavenger Hunt Name________________ Class________________ Multiple Choice 1) Which president was the only president who wasn’t elected to the presidency or vice-presidency? a) Gerald Ford b) Chester A. Arthur c) James Polk d) Ulysses Grant 2) Which president has the highest degree and was a president of Princeton? a) Franklin D. Roosevelt b) Barack Obama c) Woodrow Wilson d) Harry Truman 3) Who was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in negotiating a peace settlement to end the Russo-Japanese War? a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Harry Truman c) Jimmy Carter d) Bill Clinton 4) What document did James Madison author? a) The Declaration of Independence c) Magna Carta b) The Constitution d) The Emancipation Proclamation 5) Who won a Pulitzer for writing “Profiles in Courage”? a) John F. Kennedy b) George Washington c) Dwight Eisenhower d) James Polk 6) Who is known as the “Traitor President”? a) Andrew Johnson b) John Tyler c) George W. Bush d) James Buchanan 7) Which president was a defense attorney for the British soldiers who were participants in the Boston Massacre?
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1) Which president was the only president who wasn’t elected to the presidency or vice-presidency? a) Gerald Ford b) Chester A. Arthur c) James Polk d) Ulysses Grant
2) Which president has the highest degree and was a president of Princeton?a) Franklin D. Roosevelt b) Barack Obama c) Woodrow Wilson d) Harry Truman
3) Who was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in negotiating a peace settlement to end the Russo-Japanese War?a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Harry Truman c) Jimmy Carter d) Bill Clinton
4) What document did James Madison author?a) The Declaration of Independence c) Magna Cartab) The Constitution d) The Emancipation Proclamation
5) Who won a Pulitzer for writing “Profiles in Courage”?a) John F. Kennedy b) George Washington c) Dwight Eisenhower d) James Polk
6) Who is known as the “Traitor President”?a) Andrew Johnson b) John Tyler c) George W. Bush d) James Buchanan
7) Which president was a defense attorney for the British soldiers who were participants in the Boston Massacre?a) John Adams b) Thomas Jefferson c) James Monroe d) Abraham Lincoln
8) Which president signed NAFTA into law?a) Jimmy Carter b) Bill Clinton c) George H.W. Bush d) Barack Obama
9) Who was shot in the back by an assassin, but died as a result of infection caused by his doctors?a) Abraham Lincoln b) William McKinley c) James Garfield d) John F. Kennedy
10) Who authorized two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in an effort to end WWII?a) Herbert Hoover b) Franklin D. Roosevelt c) Harry Truman d) Dwight Eisenhower
Match the war with the POTUS who was in office when the conflict first required a sustained effort of military force. (Not all listed presidents will be used)
38) "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans."
a) Richard Nixon b) Gerald Ford c) Ronald Reagan d) George W. Bush
39) "The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."
a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Barack Obama c) Lyndon Johnson d) George W. Bush
40) "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense … human rights invented America."
a) Abraham Lincoln b) Franklin D. Roosevelt c) Jimmy Carter d) Bill Clinton
41) "The buck stops here."
a) Harry Truman b) Dwight Eisenhower c) Richard Nixon d) Jimmy Carter
42) "When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred."
a) John Adams b) Thomas Jefferson c) Andrew Jackson d) Ulysses Grant
43) "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Herbert Hoover d) Woodrow Wilson
44) “We celebrate the past to awaken the future.”
a) Herbert Hoover b) Woodrow Wilson c) John F. Kennedy d) Jimmy Carter
45) “John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”
a) John Quincy Adams b) Andrew Jackson c) Abraham Lincoln d) Andrew Johnson
46) “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights! ”
a) Ulysses S. Grant b) William McKinley c) Calvin Coolidge d) Warren Harding
Match the former profession with the correct President (Part 2)
87) ___ School teacher, soldier, congressman from Ohio
88) ___ Surveyor, planter, General of the Army
89) ___ Writer, inventor, attorney, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, Vice President
90) ___ Newspaper editor, Senator of Ohio
91) ___ Attorney, Governor of Arkansas
92) ___ Oil Executive, Governor of Texas, Part Owner of Texas Rangers Baseball Team
93) ___ Attorney, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Democratic Governor of New York
94) ___ Attorney, Diplomat, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator
95) ___ Oil Executive, congressman from TX, Director of CIA, Vice President
96) ___ Rancher, soldier, Republican Governor of New York, Vice President
Presidents
a) Franklin Rooseveltb) George Washingtonc) Theodore Rooseveltd) George W. Bush
e) George H.W. Bush
ab) Thomas Jefferson
ac) James Garfield
ad) Warren Harding
ae) Bill Clinton
bc) John Quincy Adams
Matching: He did what???
97) Skinny dipping in the waters of the Potomac River was a favorite hobby of ________________.
98) Amateur sparring in the White House led to blindness in the left eye for _______________.
99) _____ narrowly escaped capture from Japanese soldiers after his plane was shot down in the Pacific.
100) Under _________, White House officials often continued meetings in the bathroom if nature called.
101) A $20 fine was levied against ___________ for riding his horse too fast down a Washington street.
102) White House staff had to assist _____________ when he got stuck in the bathtub.
103) When challenged to a duel, _____________ chose broadswords as the weapon of choice.
104) The inauguration of _______ resulted in a drunken mess & significant damage to the White House.
Presidents
a) Lyndon Johnson d) Abraham Lincoln ac) John Quincy Adamsb) Andrew Jackson e) George H.W. Bush ad) William Taftc) Teddy Roosevelt ab) Ulysses S. Grant
105) The four presidents who were assassinated were Lincoln, Garfield, ____________, and Kennedy.
106) The University of Virginia was founded by ____________________.
107) The only president never to marry was ______________________.
108) After leaving office, ___________ became the only ex-president to reside on the Supreme Court.
109) The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms was ______________________.
110) The president who earned the highest level of education was ________. (PhD from Johns Hopkins).
111) The first president born a U.S. citizen was __________________.
112) The first president to die during his term was ___________________.
Presidents
a) James Buchanan d) Grover Cleveland ac) William Taft
b) Woodrow Wilson e) Martin Van Buren ad) William McKinley
c) Thomas Jefferson ab) William Henry Harrison
Identify the relatives
113) ___ Fifth cousins of a powerful political family from New York. Each one served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and each was governor of New York before becoming President of the United States.
114) ___ The grandfather was only president for a month before he died of pneumonia, and the grandson was elected despite losing the popular vote. They both were revered in Indiana.
115) ___ Both father and son were brilliant, independent, and politically motivated. They enjoyed immense popularity throughout the Boston area. However, their struggles within their own party led them both to be voted out of office after one term.
116) ___ The father experienced success as a Commander in Chief during the Persian Gulf War, but lost his reelection campaign when he appeared out of touch with voters while the economy went into a recession. The son was awarded the presidency after a contentious election that resulted in a Supreme Court ruling on recount votes. Ultimately, the son faced difficulties with the war on terror, an environmental disaster, and an economic collapse.
117) ___ These second cousins were quite different in nature. The eldest cousin drafted the U.S. Constitution, served two terms, and managed the executive branch during the War of 1812. The younger cousin was a famed general during the Mexican American War, but died before his first term in office concluded.
Relative Choices
a) John Adams and John Quincy Adamsb) Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Rooseveltc) William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrisond) James Madison and Zachary Taylore) George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
135) Name the two presidents who signed the Constitution.
a) Washington and Adams c) Washington and Madison
b) Adams and Jefferson d) Madison and Monroe
136) This president lost more battles than he won, but he won the war.
a) Dwight Eisenhower c) Andrew Jackson
b) Ulysses Grant d) George Washington
137) The capital of Liberia was named after this president.
a) George Washington c) John Adams
b) James Monroe d) Martin Van Buren
138) This president was nicknamed “The Dark Horse”, and he made a campaign promise to only serve one term in office. He kept this promise and did not run for a second term.
a) John Adams c) John Quincy Adams
b) James Madison d) James Polk
139) _______ had an assassin’s bullet pass through his folded speech notes, his eyeglass case, and lodge into his chest. He went on to give a 90 minute speech in Milwaukee before he accepted medical attention.
a) Teddy Roosevelt c) Gerald Ford
b) Franklin Roosevelt d) Ronald Reagan
140) Charles Dickenson was killed in a duel by this president (Insulted his wife).
a) George Washington c) Zachary Taylor
b) Andrew Jackson d) Ulysses Grant
141) Which president pardoned the most people?
a)Franklin Roosevelt b) Harry Truman c) Bill Clinton d) Barrack Obama