Additional US president facts including term order, key events in office, and notable firsts, continuing the US Presidents deck.
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- Which president issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823?
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James Monroe (5th president)
- What major event defined Andrew Jackson's presidency?
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Indian Removal Act of 1830, forced relocation of Native Americans
- Theodore Roosevelt oversaw construction of which major infrastructure project?
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Panama Canal
- Which president was the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Theodore Roosevelt, for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War
- Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points outlined plans for what after World War I?
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A lasting peace and establishment of the League of Nations
- What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's major domestic program during the Great Depression?
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The New Deal, a series of relief, recovery, and reform programs
- Which president authorized the use of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945?
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Harry S. Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower's major domestic achievement was the construction of what?
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Interstate Highway System
- What Cold War crisis brought the world closest to nuclear conflict in 1962?
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Cuban Missile Crisis, under President John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson launched what ambitious domestic program?
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The Great Society, expanded Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
- Which president opened diplomatic relations with China in 1972?
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Richard Nixon
- What scandal led to Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974?
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Watergate scandal and subsequent cover-up
- Which president served the shortest term, dying just 31 days into office?
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William Henry Harrison (9th president)
- Which president was never elected to the office, assuming it after a resignation?
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Gerald Ford, became president when Nixon resigned
- The Iran hostage crisis occurred during which presidency?
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Jimmy Carter's (1979-1981)