Presidents Jeopardy
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The term of Benjamin Harrison? $100
His term was ? $200
Grover Cleveland $200
William McKinley, This was an important event during his term. $300
U. S. S. Maine sinking, Spanish-American War $300
He established Departments of Commerce and Labor, The Square Deal. Name and term of this president? $400
Theodore Roosevelt $400
The term of William H. Taft $500
He was president from $100
Woodrow Wilson $100
What is an important fact about Wilson? $200
President during WWI Fourteen Points League of Nations $200
Name and term of president who died in office and whose administration was hurt by the Teapot Dome Scandal. $300
Warren G. Harding $300
He was president during most of the Roaring Twenties: $400
Calvin Coolidge $400
Herbert Hoover ‘s term as president. $500
Name and term of the president who started the New Deal and was in office for most of WWII. $100
Franklin D. Roosevelt $100
Some facts about Harry S. Truman $200
Fair Deal Cold War – Containment Policy Truman Doctrine $200
This former general was president from $300
Dwight D. Eisenhower $300
John F. Kennedy’s Term $400
Name and term of president who got important civil rights legislation passed in 1960’s $500
Lyndon B. Johnson $500
The name and term of the president involved in the Watergate Scandal who resigned from office. $100
Richard Nixon $100
He was not elected to be president or vice president. He became president after another president resigned. $200
Gerald Ford $200
James “Jimmy” Carter - When was he president and name something that happened during his term. $300
Camp David Accords 3 Mile Island Iran Hostage Crisis $300
He was the president who served two terms during most of the 1980s. $400
Who was Ronald Reagan? $400
This president is the father of another later president. Both fought wars against Iraq. $500
Who is George H. W. Bush $500
He was only the second president to be impeached. He also got NAFTA passed. $100
Who is William “Bill” Clinton $100
This president is known for the “No Child Left Behind” education plan and the “War on Terror.” $200
Who is George W. Bush $200
$300 President who sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to assure compliance of desegregation of schools. “Brinksmanship” policy against spread of Communism
Dwight D. Eisenhower $300
He became president after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt and made the decision to drop the first atomic bomb. $400
Harry S. Truman $400
He was the youngest elected president and led the U.S. through the Cuban Missile Crisis. $500
John F. Kennedy
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Final Jeopardy Question This president used “fireside chats” to reassure people and to make them feel confident to put their money back into banks during the depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt