Presidential Quizzes

1. What was the "splendid little war" fought during the McKinley administration that established the United States as a major power in the Pacific and the dominant power in the Caribbean?
Philippine-American War
Spanish-American War
Ten Years' War

2. Which future president signed the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812?
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for vice-president with which Democratic presidential candidate?
James M. Cox
John W. Davis
Al Smith

4. "Read my lips. No new taxes." What president made this pledge while campaigning for office and lost considerable political support when he broke the promise?
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush

5. What major domestic initiative of Bill Clinton's first term was a resounding failure?
Health-care reform
Crime bill
Deficit-reduction plan

6. Jefferson Davis, the future president of the Confederacy, married the daughter of which future U.S. president, in 1835?
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce

7. Which First Lady served as White House hostess before her own husband became president?
Martha Washington
Dolley Madison
Abigail Adams