Transcript Mr. President - Michigan Leagues of Academic Games

Presidents
Middle
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#1
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(6 points) In 1821, I married Julia Boggs Dent. My vice
president was Henry Wilson. I graduated from the U.S. Military Academy 21st in a class of 39. I served under Generals
Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.
(4 points) If you like to read about scandals, you must love
my administration. The press came up with clever names for
them like “The Whiskey Ring” and “Credit Mobilier.”
(2 points) On April 9, 1865, I received
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, VA. On
July 25th, I was the first officer commissioned “General of the Army” by Congress
and the first to hold that title since George
Washington.
#2
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(6 points) I was the first president since the Civil War who
didn’t serve in it. During my administration, I condemned
American participation in the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. I resisted efforts by some in Congress
who proposed the annexation of Hawaii.
(4 points) I campaigned as a Democrat for president. The
vice president during my second term was Adlai Ewing
Stevenson of Illinois.
(2 points) I retired when my term expired. On the evening of June 23rd of
my 81st year on this planet, I lost consciousness and died of heart failure
the following morning.
#3
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(6 points) I commanded a regiment in the Battle of South Mountain that
was attacked by Confederate forces led by General Robert E. Lee. I was
severely wounded in the battle. My presidential administration gained
approval for a French firm to begin construction of the Panama Canal. I
vetoed a bill restricting Chinese immigration.
(4 points) The man I defeated for the presidency, James
Tilden, is almost as famous as me as a result of the controversy over the election. The final result was not determined by a Congressional committee until the night before
my inauguration. I promised not to run again for reelection
and kept that promise.
(2 points) Both the presidents before and after me were
from my party. My wife has perhaps the most famous
nickname of any First Lady. It has something to do with
the liquid refreshment served in the White House.
#4
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(6 points) As a young man, I worked on a farm and supported my
widowed mother. I attended district school three months each winter. I
later worked as a driver, helmsman, and carpenter on our state’s canals,
and I fell overboard fourteen times. I did not know how to swim. I was
nominated for president in Chicago by the Republican Party.
(4 points) During my administration, the Post Office
Department discovered fraudulent payments for mail
services causing several resignations. Senators
Roscoe Conkling and Thomas Collier Platt resigned
because of a disagreement with me over federal
appointments in New York.
(2 points) I was shot by Charles J. Guiteau while passing
through the railroad depot in Washington, D.C. I later died
from the wound.
#5
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(6 points) I desegregated the White House staff, which
started a desegregation of the federal government that
lasted until World War I. I opened the White House to
African-American callers, notably Frederick Douglass.
Among the names that became famous while I was president were George Meade, Thomas Jackson, and Philip
Sheridan.
(4 points) My wife was the subject of much gossip while we lived in the
White House because she grew up in Kentucky, a state that allowed
slavery. She gave birth to four sons. One died at age four before I was
president. Another died at age 11 while we lived in the White House.
(2 points) When I learned the presidential
election results at the telegraph office in
Springfield, I ran home, crying, “Mary, Mary,
we are elected!” We were living in the house
pictured at the right.
#6
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(6 points) I graduated from Union College in 1848. I
became a schoolteacher, then studied law, and practiced
in New York City. I argued in the Lemmon Slave Case that
slaves transported to New York State were thereby free.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with me. I married 22
year old Ellen “Nell” Lewis Herndon.
(4 points) From 1871-1878, I held the position of Collector of the Port of
New York. This position was an important and profitable one. During my
presidency, the Senate ratified the Geneva Convention that set the
standards for the care of the wounded during war and the neutrality of
medical personnel.
(2 points) I became president after serving as vice-president for a little
more than six months.
#7
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(6 points) I had to meet with my cabinet in the U.S.
Treasury building because my predecessor’s widow
took so long to move out of the White House. I vetoed
twenty nine bills passed by Congress, and Congress
overrode my veto fifteen times.
(4 points) I was placed on the presidential ticket because
the president wanted a Democrat as vice-president for his
second term. A big baseball fan, I was the first president
to invite an entire baseball team to the White House.
During my administration, the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was chartered.
(2 points) I was also targeted as part of an assassination plot. The attack
on me never occurred, as some of the assassins lost their nerve.
#8
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(6 points) I was a Federalist but later became a Democrat. In retirement, I
supported President Lincoln and the Union. I disliked slavery personally
but was convinced that the Constitution protected it.
(4 points) I fought in the War of 1812 as a volunteer. I was twice elected to
my state’s general assembly. I was minister to Russia and was elected U.S.
Senator of my home state. As Polk’s Secretary of State, I ended the Oregon
dispute with Britain. I supported the Mexican War and the annexation of
Texas. As minister to Britain, I signed the Ostend Manifesto, declaring a
U.S. right to take Cuba by force should efforts to purchase it fail.
(2 points) I was the only bachelor president to remain a
bachelor for my entire term and the only president from
my home state. My niece, Harriet Lane, acted as White
House hostess.
#9
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(6 points) I had a career in the state legislature, Congress, and the
Senate. I did not actively seek the presidency but was accepted as a
compromise candidate. I took office at a seemingly peaceful time in
history, but peace was not to last long, and I had a troubled administration.
(4 points) I am often referred to as the most handsome
president. However, heavy drinking over many years
undermined my health, and I died from cirrhosis of the liver.
My minister to Mexico, James Gadsden, negotiated a land
acquisition which completed the outline of the 48 first states.
(2 points) While I was president, representative Preston Brooks of South
Carolina beat Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts unconscious on
the Senate floor. Brooks was angry over an anti-slavery speech that Sumner
made.
#10
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(6 points) When I ran for election as the Republican candidate, my Vice President was Allen Thurman. During my term in
office, Oklahoma was opened to settlers, North Dakota and
South Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th
states, and Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming were
admitted as the 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 44th states.
(4 points) Between July 1862 and June 1865, I formed Company A of the
70th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was eventually commissioned colonel. I went with the regiment to Kentucky and served until June
1865.
(2 points) I was the second president whose wife died
while he was in office. The man I defeated for the presidency turned the tables on me four years later.
Extra #1
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(6 points) My religion by birth was Unitarian. Until I was 17, I
had only basic instruction in reading, writing, and math. I read
little, other than the Bible. I was an eager student, and a
favorite of the teacher, Abigail Powers, whom I later married
when I reached age 26 and she was 27.
(4 points) In 1819, my father arranged for me to study law at the office of
County Judge Walter Wood in Montville. At the end of a two-month trial
period, the Judge Wood invited me to continue as his clerk. I became a
teacher but continued to learn law from Asa Rice and Joseph Clary. I was
admitted to the bar in 1823.
(2 points) I held many offices such as New York State Assemblyman,
U.S. Representative, Comptroller of New York State, and Vice President.
Extra #2
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(6 points) I was nicknamed the “veto mayor” because I refused to
approve contracts and bills that would benefit politicians at the expense
of taxpayers. As a result, I saved my city more than $1 million during my
first year in office alone. My reputation for honesty helped me get elected
governor and then president.
(4 points) I am the first and only president to marry in the White House. My
bride, Frances, was 27 years younger than I. In 1921, the Curtiss Candy
Company claimed that their “Baby Ruth” candy bar was named after our
daughter Ruth. However, some think Curtiss was just trying to get out of
paying the famous baseball player for use of his name.
(2 points) Both my election and reelection changed the party in control
of the White House.
Answers
1. #18 Ulysses S. Grant
2. #22/24 Grover Cleveland
3. #19 Rutherford Hayes
4. #20 James Garfield
5. #16 Abraham Lincoln
6. #21 Chester Arthur
7. #17 Andrew Johnson
8. #15 James Buchanan
9. #14 Franklin Pierce
10. #23 Benjamin Harrison
11. #13 Millard Fillmore
12. #22/24 Grover Cleveland