Presidential Order

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Instructions: How well do you know the order of U.S. presidents?

1.
Who was the 1st President of the United States?
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
George Washington
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
John Adams
2.
Who was the 16th President of the United States?
A
Ulysses S. Grant
B
Andrew Johnson
C
James Buchanan
D
Abraham Lincoln
3.
Who immediately succeeded John F. Kennedy as president after his assassination?
A
Richard Nixon
B
Barry Goldwater
C
Lyndon B. Johnson
D
Hubert Humphrey
4.
Who was the 3rd President of the United States?
A
Alexander Hamilton
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
James Madison
D
John Adams
5.
Which president served two non-consecutive terms, making him both the 22nd and 24th president?
A
Chester Arthur
B
Grover Cleveland
C
Benjamin Harrison
D
William McKinley
6.
Who was president immediately before Abraham Lincoln?
A
James Buchanan
B
Franklin Pierce
C
Andrew Johnson
D
Millard Fillmore
7.
Who was the 26th President of the United States?
A
William McKinley
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
Woodrow Wilson
D
William Howard Taft
8.
Who served as president between Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy?
A
Lyndon B. Johnson
B
Dwight D. Eisenhower
C
Richard Nixon
D
Herbert Hoover
9.
Who was the 32nd President, serving four terms during the Great Depression and World War II?
A
Harry Truman
B
Herbert Hoover
C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
10.
Which president immediately followed Richard Nixon after his resignation?
A
Nelson Rockefeller
B
Ronald Reagan
C
Gerald Ford
D
Jimmy Carter
11.
Who was the 7th President of the United States?
A
James Monroe
B
Andrew Jackson
C
Martin Van Buren
D
John Quincy Adams
12.
Who was the shortest-serving U.S. president, dying just 31 days after inauguration?
A
William Henry Harrison
B
Zachary Taylor
C
Warren G. Harding
D
James A. Garfield
13.
Who was the 11th President, known for leading the nation during the Mexican-American War?
A
John Tyler
B
Zachary Taylor
C
James K. Polk
D
Franklin Pierce
14.
Put these presidents in chronological order: Who came first?
A
Woodrow Wilson (28th)
B
Warren G. Harding (29th)
C
Herbert Hoover (31st)
D
Calvin Coolidge (30th)
15.
Who was the 21st President, taking office after James A. Garfield's assassination?
A
Benjamin Harrison
B
Rutherford B. Hayes
C
Grover Cleveland
D
Chester A. Arthur

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