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Presidents’ Day quiz: do you know your history?
Presidents’ Day, celebrated every year on the third Monday in February, is a fantastic occasion to reflect on the remarkable contributions of the country’s leaders. From the nation’s founding to today, the office has evolved dramatically. The United States has had 45 presidents, each leaving their unique mark and shaping American history.
Can you place the following 10 presidents in the right place in the list?
- William Henry Harrison
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln
- Calvin Coolidge
- James Madison
- George H. W. Bush
- Grover Cleveland
- Millard Fillmore
1789-1797: George Washington
1797-1801: John Adams
1801-1809: Thomas Jefferson
1809-1817: ________________
1817-1825: James Monroe
1825-1829: John Quincy Adams
1829-1837: Andrew Jackson
1837-1841: Martin Van Buren
1841: ________________
1841-1845: John Tyler
1845-1849: James K. Polk
1849-1850: Zachary Taylor
1850-1853 ________________
1853-1857: Franklin Pierce
1857-1861: James Buchanan
1861-1865: ________________
1865-1869: Andrew Johnson
1869-1877: ________________
1877-1881: Rutherford B. Hayes
1881: James A. Garfield
1881-1885: Chester A. Arthur
1885-1889 / 1893-1897: ________________
1889-1893: Benjamin Harrison
1897-1901: William McKinley
1901-1909: ________________
1909-1913: William Howard Taft
1913-1921: Woodrow Wilson
1921-1923: Warren G. Harding
1923-1929: ________________
1929-1933: Herbert Hoover
1933-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945-1953: Harry S. Truman
1953-1961: ________________
1961-1963: John F. Kennedy
1963-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson
1969-1974: Richard M. Nixon
1974-1977: Gerald R. Ford
1977-1981: Jimmy Carter
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan
1989-1993: ________________
1993-2001: William J. Clinton
2001-2009: George W. Bush
2009-2017: Barack Obama
2017-2021: Donald J. Trump
2021-2025: Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Present: Donald J. Trump
Answers
1809-1817: James Madison
1841: William Henry Harrison
1850-1853: Millard Fillmore
1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln
1869-1877: Ulysses S. Grant
1885-1889 / 1893-1897: Grover Cleveland
1901-1909: Theodore Roosevelt
1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge
1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1989-1993: George H. W. Bush
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