Presidents Quiz – February 2019

#1-12

Some historians consider me the best one-term president in history. I achieved all four of my goals:
–gaining the Oregon Territory and the Pacific Coast;
–establishing an independent treasury;
–lowering tariffs.
My acquisitions left the country with a problem – slavery in the territories – that it wasn’t able to solve without civil war.

#1-12 Answer

#13-24

I was a popular professor and the leader of a literary society at Hiram College. I was so well liked there that I won election to become the college’s president when I was only 26 years old.

#13-24 Answer

#25-34

Not long after the birth of my second son, Allan, I started my own engineering consulting firm with offices in several major cities across the U.S. and in Europe. When World War I broke out, my wife and I were trapped in London.

#25-34 Answer

#35-45

While I was vice president, shock, dismay, and disillusionment with the entire political system rocked the country. A leading Democratic senator told me, "You’re all we’ve got now, and I mean the country, not the party."

#35-45 Answer

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