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Presidents 11-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1845-1849 | James K. Polk |
| 1850-1853 | Millard Fillmore |
| 1849-1850 | Zachary Taylor |
| 1857-1861 | James Buchanan |
| 1853-1857 | Franklin Pierce |
| 1861-1865 | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1877-1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1869-1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1865-1869 | Andrew Johnson |
| 1881 | James Garfield |
| President during the Mexican American War | James K. Polk |
| President during the Kansas-Nebraska Act | Franklin Pierce |
| First Republican President | Abraham Lincoln |
| Died in Office on July 9, 1850 | Zachary Taylor |
| President during the beginning of the California Gold Rush | Zachary Taylor |
| President during the Dred Scott Case | James Buchanan |
| President during the John Brown incident at Harper's Ferry | James Buchanan |
| President during the second "Era of Good Feelings" | Millard Fillmore |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln |
| Assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe on April 14, 1865. | Abraham Lincoln |
| President during the Civil Rights Act of 1875. | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau on September 19, 1881 | James A. Garfield |
| President during the Electoral Count Act (Compromise of 1877) | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| President during the Panic of 1873. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| President during the Credit Mobilier Scandal. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 20th President | James A. Garfield |
| 16th President | Abraham Lincoln |
| 18th President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 19th President | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 17th President | Andrew Johnson |
| 12th President | Zachary Taylor |
| 11th President | James K. Polk |
| 13th President | Millard Fillmore |
| 15th President | James Buchanan |
| 14th President | Franklin Pierce |
| President during the Compromise of 1850. | Millard Fillmore |
| Removed federal troops from the South as a compromise for election | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Won Southern support because of his ownership of over 100 slaves. | Zachary Taylor |
| Opposed strong national bank, slavery in new states, and high tariffs. | Zachary Taylor |
| 1877 Desert Land Act gives land deeds to people who settle, irrigate Midwestern land | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Passed Homestead Act of 1862 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Wilmot Proviso proposes abolition of slavery in all states acquired from Mexico. | James K. Polk |
| President during the creation of the Freedman's Bureau | Abraham Lincoln |
| President that used the term "Manifest Destiny" for the first time. | James K. Polk |
| Controversial in his suppression of habeas corpus. | Abraham Lincoln |
| President when the Fugitive Slave Law as passed | Millard Fillmore |
| President when California became a free state. | Millard Fillmore |
| President when Uncle Tom's Cabin was published | Millard Fillmore |
| Whiskey Ring Scandal | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Established many black codes while Congress was on recess and pardoned many war criminals | Andrew Johnson |
| Attempt at impeachment fell one vote short | Andrew Johnson |
| President when the 15th Amendment was passed. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 13th and 14th Amendments passed. | Andrew Johnson |
| President during the Kansas-Nebraska Act | Franklin Pierce |
| Fighting breaks out in Kansas over slave status. | Franklin Pierce |