Presidential History Quiz
(1789–1901)

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Which president’s administration was marred by a number of scandals, including the Gold Ring, the Whiskey Ring, and the Sanborn contract?

Which president was accused of agreeing to a “corrupt bargain” that prevented Andrew Jackson from securing the White House in 1824?

Which president resolved the “nullification crisis” of 1828–1832?

During which presidential administration did the XYZ affair and the Quasi-War with France occur?

Which president improperly used his influence to sway the 1857 Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sanford?

Which president was the first to take office by ascending from the vice-presidential office through constitutional succession?

Which president annexed Texas?

Which man was the only one who served as president in two non-consecutive terms?

Which president annexed Hawaii in 1898?

Which president signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Which president led the nation during the War of 1812?

Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?

Which president first established a doctrine that European intervention in the western hemisphere would be regarded as a threat to American security?

The Second Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?

Which president issued a warning during his farewell address against “foreign entanglements” and the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party?”

The election of which president led to the end of Reconstruction in the South in 1877?

Which president was the second to be assassinated while in office?

Which president was the first to have impeachment proceedings initiated against him?

Which president led the nation to victory in the Mexican-American War?

Which president’s administration is most closely associated with the “Era of Good Feelings?”

Which president ordered Commodore Perry to open relations with Japan?

Which president was in office for the shortest amount of time?

Aaron Burr launched his conspiracy during which presidential administration?

Which president created the First Bank of the United States?

The First Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?

Which president was the first to have his voice recorded and also ordered the installation of electric lights in the White House?

Which president instituted civil service reform that awarded federal jobs based on merit instead of political connections in 1883?

Which president successfully suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion?

Which president used federal troops to suppress the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

Which president was the only one who was officially a member of the Federalist Party?

Before becoming president, which statesman drafted the Bill of Rights?

Which president signed the Alien & Sedition Acts?

Which president successfully negotiated with Britain a resolution to the Oregon boundary dispute?

Which president signed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railways Act of 1862?

Which president negotiated the Gadsden Purchase in 1854?

Which president was commander in chief during the Northwest Indian War?

Which president used federal troops to suppress the Pullman Strike of 1894?

Which president repealed most of the Alien & Sedition Acts?

Which president signed the Dawes Act, which allotted land to individual Indians and encouraged cultural assimilation in 1887?

Which president introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

Which president vetoed an effort to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?

Which president was the first to be filmed by a motion-picture camera?

Which president signed a bill banning the importation of slaves to the United States?

Which president implemented an Indian removal policy that led to the Trail of Tears?

Which president was the first to face an impeachment vote in the US Senate?

Which president successfully negotiated a treaty to acquire Alaska from Russia in 1867?

Which president led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898?

Which president was the first to be attacked by an assassin while in office?

Which president signed the Compromise of 1850?