| Year(s) | Reason | President | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | Secession of southern states, American Civil War | Abraham Lincoln | 98%
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| 1987 | Prison riot | Ronald Reagan | 94%
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| 1943 | Race riot | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 92%
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| 1989, 1992 | Looting after hurricane; L.A. Riots | George H.W. Bush | 92%
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| 1962, 1963 | To enforce court-ordered desegregation | John F. Kennedy | 90%
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| 1965–1968 | To protect march; to suppress riots and unrest | Lyndon B. Johnson | 90%
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| 1954 | To enforce court-ordered desegregation | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 83%
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| 1871–6 | Insurrection; election riots; attempted coup | Ulysses S. Grant | 83%
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| 1914 | Strike and uprising | Woodrow Wilson | 79%
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| 1831, 1834 | Border dispute; slave rebellion; labor dispute | Andrew Jackson | 77%
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| 1885–6, 1894 | Riots against Chinese citizens, strike | Grover Cleveland | 71%
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| 1877, 1878 | Railroad strike; gang war | Rutherford B. Hayes | 69%
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| 1808 | To enforce the Embargo Act | Thomas Jefferson | 69%
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| 1921 | Strike and uprising | Warren G. Harding | 63%
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| 1882 | Gang violence | Chester A. Arthur | 58%
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