Presidential History Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of America’s Leaders

• Question 1 out of 10

  Who was the only president to serve who was never elected to the office nor elected vice president?

  Gerald Ford is the only president who was never elected either president or vice president. He became vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned and then became president when Richard Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal.

  John Tyler

  Calvin Coolidge

  Millard Fillmore

  Gerald Ford

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• Question 2 out of 10

  Who said, “The Buck Stops Here” and had a sign on his desk with that phrase?

  Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk reading “The Buck Stops Here,” meaning the president must ultimately take responsibility for the decisions of the government.

  Harry Truman

  Dwight Eisenhower

  Richard Nixon

  Franklin Roosevelt

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• Question 3 out of 10

  Who is the youngest person ever to become president?

  Theodore Roosevelt became president at age 42 after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901, making him the youngest president in U.S. history.

  Bill Clinton

  Teddy Roosevelt

  John F. Kennedy

  George W. Bush

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• Question 4 out of 10

  Which president went on to become Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after leaving office?

  William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

  William Taft

  Grover Cleveland

  Herbert Hoover

  Woodrow Wilson

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• Question 5 out of 10

  Which U.S. Civil War general went on to become president after the war?

  Ulysses S. Grant commanded Union forces during the Civil War and later rode his national fame to the presidency in 1868.

  Andrew Johnson

  Benjamin Harrison

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Chester Arthur

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• Question 6 out of 10

  From what state was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

  Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, and served as governor of the state before becoming president in 1933

  New Jersey

  Massachusetts

  Virginia

  New York

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• Question 7 out of 10

  In what year was Dwight Eisenhower first elected president?

  World War II hero Dwight Eisenhower was first elected president in 1952 and went on to serve two terms.

  1952

  1956

  1960

  1964

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• Question 8 out of 10

  Who was president when the first man landed on the moon?

  The first moon landing took place in July 1969 during Richard Nixon’s presidency when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface.

  John F. Kennedy

  Lyndon Johnson

  Richard Nixon

  Gerald Ford

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• Question 9 out of 10

  Who said, “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand?”

  Abraham Lincoln used this famous phrase in an 1858 speech warning that the United States could not remain permanently divided over slavery.

  George Washington

  Thomas Jefferson

  William McKinley

  Abraham Lincoln

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• Question 10 out of 10

  Who is the only president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis?

  Jimmy Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and served as a naval officer before entering politics.

  James K. Polk

  Jimmy Carter

  Ronald Reagan

  Warren Harding

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