Use the hint to identify the appropriate president. The same president may be the answer to multiple questions, and you will be given a different random selection of hints every time you take the quiz. Collect them all!
This quiz covers presidents #31 through #45.
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In 1963, initiated his War on Poverty, signing the Economic Opportunity Act that created the Job Corps, the Community Action Program and VISTA.
Lyndon B. Johnson
After asserting “I’m not a crook,” he resigned in disgrace in 1974 once his role in the Watergate scandal became known.
Richard M. Nixon
The second of two presidents since 1920 to leave office with a net loss of jobs from the economy.
Donald Trump
The 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945).
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Despite his many accomplishments, he had a rather spotty civil and human rights record, explicitly excluding Mexican Americans from New Deal benefits, forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans, and discouraging and disqualifying many Jewish refugees from Europe.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Only President born in Missouri.
Harry S. Truman
The 34th President of the United States (1953-1961).
Dwight D. Eisenhower
His acting career (mostly in B movies) was interrupted by World War II.
Ronald Reagan
The shantytowns of packing crates, abandoned cars and other scraps that sprang up across the country to shelter the unhoused during the Great Depression were named after him.
Herbert Hoover
His administration made extensive use of propaganda and covert action. His CIA supported military coups d’état in Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954).
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Was the target of two assassination attempts in 1975.
Gerald Ford
His second inauguration was the first to be televised nationally.
Harry S. Truman
Only President born in California.
Richard M. Nixon
Pardoned all Vietnam conflict draft evaders on his second day in office.
Jimmy Carter
Was embarrassed by the finding that he “knowingly participated or acquiesced in covering up the scandal” of violating his own administration’s arms embargo on Iran in the Iran-Contra affair.
Ronald Reagan
Only President born in Georgia.
Jimmy Carter
Signed the Voting Rights Act and completely reformed the immigration system with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Only President born in Arkansas.
Bill Clinton
The 38th President of the United States (1974-1977).
Gerald Ford
His visit to mainland China in 1972 led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the U.S.
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There are nearly one hundred hints in this quiz. A quick review did not identify any spelling errors in the subset of hints that have been answered thus far.
There are nearly one hundred hints in this quiz. A quick review did not identify any spelling errors in the subset of hints that have been answered thus far.