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U.S. Presidents Random Quiz #1

Use the hint to identify the appropriate president. The same president may be the answer to multiple questions. You will be given a different random selection of hints every time you take the quiz. Collect them all!

This quiz covers presidents #1 through #15.

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Wrote in opposition to the Stamp Act using the pseudonym “Humphrey Ploughjogger.”
John Adams
His domestic agenda (later called the American System) was designed to unite disparate regional interests in the promotion of a thriving national economy, but was not well-received in Congress.
John Quincy Adams
The 8th President of the United States (1837-1841).
Martin Van Buren
The 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801).
John Adams
During his presidency, tensions between Native Americans and Euro-Americans led to Tecumseh’s War, the Peoria War and the Creek War.
James Madison
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 1775-1783.
George Washington
Posthumously promoted by Congress, in 1976, to General of the Armies.
George Washington
As a lawyer, defended in court six British soldiers implicated in the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
Lowered the national debt from $83 million to $57 million.
Thomas Jefferson
The 15th President of the United States (1857-1861).
James Buchanan
Sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the Japanese shogunate to effect a trade deal (1854).
Franklin Pierce
Signed bills subsidizing the Illinois Central Railroad from Chicago to Mobile, and a canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Millard Fillmore
Famously served at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Andrew Jackson
Died (probably of pneumonia) exactly one month after taking office in 1841, having endured doctors’ ministrations of mustard plasters, laxatives, bloodletting, heated cups, castor oil, laudanum, opium and camphor.
William Henry Harrison
The 5th President of the United States (1817-1825).
James Monroe
Alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Franklin Pierce
The 1st President of the United States (1789-1797).
George Washington
Declined to annex the Republic of Texas in 1837 when it was proposed by the Texas minister.
Martin Van Buren
The first presidential veto to be overridden by Congress occurred on the last full day of his term in office in 1845.
John Tyler
The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857).
Franklin Pierce
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