- The theme for 2016-17 in all divisions is Presidential Firsts.
- In Junior/Senior, a second theme is Foreign Affairs. Also, Jr/Sr clues for #25-44 may involve U.S. Leaders Group 2: Susan B. Anthony, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, Eugene Debs, W.E.B. Du Bois, Huey Long, Gloria Steinem
- Note: Elementary/Middle Divisions play presidents #25-44 in 2016-17.
1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Quincy Adams 7. Andrew Jackson 8. Martin Van Buren 9. William Henry Harrison 10. John Tyler 11. James Polk 12. Zachary Taylor |
#1-12 I ran for a seat in the House of Representatives against the man who would succeed me in the White House. He and I actually traveled together while campaigning. After I won, some of my constituents said that, had it not been for unusually bad weather on election day, my opponent likely would have won. Instead, I became an important leader in Congress.
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13. Millard Fillmore 14. Franklin Pierce 15. James Buchanan 16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson 18. Ulysses S. Grant 19. Rutherford Hayes 20. James Garfield 21. Chester A. Arthur 22./24. Grover Cleveland 23. Benjamin Harrison |
#13-24 I remain the only man from my native state ever elected president. Born into a well-to-do family, I graduated from Dickinson College where I was a gifted debater and learned the law. A fort just off the coast of Charleston, SC, became nationally known near the end of my presidency.
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25. William McKinley 26. Theodore Roosevelt 27. William Taft 28. Woodrow Wilson 29. Warren Harding 30. Calvin Coolidge 31. Herbert Hoover 32. Franklin Roosevelt 33. Harry Truman 34. Dwight Eisenhower |
#25-34 I brought a “New Look” to U.S. national security when I took office. I relied on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression or, if necessary, to fight a war. I also used the Central Intelligence Agency to carry out secret actions against governments or leaders that aided Russia in any way. One of the CIA’s programs consisted of U2 spy plane flights over Russia. The policy became exposed when one of the planes, piloted by Gary Powers, was shot down while flying in Soviet Union airspace.
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35. John F. Kennedy 36. Lyndon B. Johnson 37. Richard Nixon 38. Gerald Ford 39. Jimmy Carter 40. Ronald Reagan 41. George H.W. Bush 42. Bill Clinton 43. George W. Bush 44. Barack Obama |
#35-44 My foreign policy was dominated by an event that occurred during the first year of my presidency. As a result of my actions after that event, my approval rating rose to 90% – the highest recorded job-approval rating in U.S. presidential history. By the end of my second term, my approval rating had sunk to 22%.
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