Presidential History Quiz
(1901–2016)

Which president was known as the “trust-buster” for his aggressive prosecution of anti-competitive business practices?

Which president guided the nation through the end of the Cold War into a “new world order”?

Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?

Which president initiated the “Good Neighbor Policy” and pledged not to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries?

Which president added a “corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the US could intervene in order to end unrest in another country?

Which president was the first to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?

Which president won Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I, making him the second president to receive the award?

Which president signed the Defense of Marriage Act?

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Which president was known as the “conservation president” for his expansion of the national park system?

Which president ended 25 years of hostility by opening relations with Communist China?

Which president led the nation to victory during the first Gulf War in the 1990s?

Which president was criticized for his “court packing” scheme — an attempt to appoint six new justices to the Supreme Court?

Which president appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Justice, to the Supreme Court?

Which president appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice, to the Supreme Court?

Which president appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice, to the Supreme Court?

Which president repealed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?

Which president was criticized for cracking down on the “Bonus Army” in 1932 — a group of WWI veterans who sought financial aid during the Great Depression?

Which president implemented the Great Society and the War on Poverty?

Which president implemented the policy of “dollar diplomacy”?

Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2009 for his efforts to encourage nuclear non-proliferation, making him the fourth president to receive the award?

Which president signed the Patient and Affordable Care Act which required all Americans to have health insurance?

Which president hosted peace talks, known as the Dayton Accords, which led to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Which president led the nation throughout most of World War II?

Which president stepped up the “War on Drugs” in order to counter “crack” cocaine during the 1980s?

Which president was elected to the White House four times?

Which president implemented the policy of containment against the Soviet Union in the Cold War?

Which president ended a period of “détente” with the Soviet Union by adopting a more confrontational stance and trying to “rollback” communist influence during the 1980s?

Which president initiated a period of “peaceful coexistence” with the Soviet Union and negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation and Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaties in the 1970s?

Which president escalated the Vietnam War by deploying large numbers of conventional ground troops following the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Which president implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement?

Which president implemented supply-side economics during the 1980s?

Which president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

The energy crisis of the late 1970's occurred during which presidential administration?

Which president convened the Washington Naval Conference in 1921 to limit battleship construction?

Which president created the interstate highway system?

Which president signed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913?

Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2002 for his efforts to promote peaceful solutions after leaving the White House, making him the third president to receive the award?

Which president signed the No Child Left Behind Act?

Which president implemented the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?

Which president is the only leader to have served in both the White House and Supreme Court?

Which president led the nation for almost the entire duration of the Korea War?

Which president ordered federal troops to enforce desegregation at Little Rock, Arkansas?

Which president proposed the 14 Points at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

Which president won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905?

Which president led the nation during the Iran hostage crisis?

Which president initiated the “War on Drugs”?

Which president was the second to have been successfully impeached by the House of Representatives?

Which president was in office at the start of the Great Recession?

Which president created the Peace Corps?

Which president withdrew US ground troops from the Vietnam War?

Which president advocated the adoption of the Kellogg-Briand Pact which sought to outlaw war in 1928?

Which president initiated the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks?

Which president gave the “Day of Infamy” speech?

Which president began to normalize the US-Cuban relationship after more than 50 years of hostility?

Which president initiated the “New Deal” in an effort to end the Great Depression?

Which president pledged to land a man on the moon within a decade?

Which president’s administration was marred by scandals including the Teapot Dome scandal and extramarital affairs?

Which president introduced the Cold War concept of the “Domino Theory?”

Which president approved the Bay of Pigs invasion and confronted the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis?