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Which U.S. president had a yacht named 'Honey Fitz' after his maternal grandfather?

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john f. kennedy

Which U.S. president was included in the committee that drafted the League of Nations' covenant?

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woodrow wilson

Who was the last vice president under FDR, hailing from Missouri?

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harry s. truman

Which presidential daughter sold lemonade to reporters during her father's 1976 campaign?

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amy carter

What were the Nicaraguan rebels that Bush's first major foreign policy move involved a deal with Congress on aid called?

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contras

Which U.S. president, who had a full beard and mustache, was preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland?

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benjamin harrison

Which president's birthplace is represented by a log cabin housed in a granite building near Hodgenville, KY?

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abraham lincoln

Which former U.S. president had a past occupation as a corporate spokesman?

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ronald reagan

Who was the President when Hannibal Hamlin served as Vice President?

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abraham lincoln

What state was the first to secede during James Buchanan's presidency in 1860?

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south carolina

Which U.S. President had Terrel H. Bell, William Bennett, and Laura F. Cavazos serve as Secretaries of Education?

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ronald reagan

During whose presidency was the 22nd Amendment, limiting a president to 2 terms, ratified?

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harry s. truman

Which president, who appeared on the old $100,000 bill, signed the bill creating the Federal Reserve System in 1913?

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woodrow wilson

Which U.S. president appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court justice?

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ronald reagan

Who did Ronald Reagan appoint as U.S. Representative to the United Nations when he was president-elect in 1980?

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jeane kirkpatrick

In what year was Millard Fillmore, the only U.S. president born in the last year of a century, born?

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1800

Which state was Woodrow Wilson governing when he was nominated for president in 1912?

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new jersey

Which U.S. president won the electoral vote in 1888 despite losing the popular vote to Grover Cleveland?

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benjamin harrison

Which U.S. President famously declared, 'I have never been a quitter'?

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richard nixon

In which Missouri town did Harry Truman fall in love at first sight with Bess while attending Sunday school?

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independence, missouri

Which U.S. president has a Vermont peak named after his mother, Nancy Hanks?

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abraham lincoln

Who served as Secretary of Commerce for most of the 1920s before becoming president?

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herbert hoover

Which president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in the 1860s?

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abraham lincoln

Which president has a national historic site in West Branch, Iowa that features a Quaker meetinghouse on its grounds?

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herbert hoover

Who was the second-youngest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president?

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john f. kennedy

Which U.S. President was known as the 'Schoolmaster in Politics'?

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woodrow wilson

Who served as the President of the United States from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877?

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ulysses s. grant

Who was the fourth U.S. president to die in office and the second to be assassinated?

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garfield

Who was elected president of the United States in 1912 after the Republican vote was split between Taft and Teddy Roosevelt?

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woodrow wilson

Which president's scandals began in 1923 with skimming by Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes?

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warren g. harding

On which date did three U.S. presidents die and another, Calvin Coolidge, was born?

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july 4

Which U.S. president's wife, Florence, frequently sought advice from an astrologer known as Madame Marcia?

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warren g. harding

In which month did both Gerald Ford and Calvin Coolidge become President of the United States?

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august

Who was the U.S. President married to Lou Hoover?

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herbert hoover

Who was the first Republican president after Taft who appointed Taft as chief justice?

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warren g. harding

Who is the only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C., having died in 1924?

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woodrow wilson

What was the collective term for Andrew Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors?

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kitchen cabinet

Which president appointed Warren Burger as chief justice?

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richard nixon

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