The Presidents: Andrew Johnson to Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnson (ends after 11:30 minutes)
- Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- Circle one: True or False Andrew Johnson was supposed to be assassinated the same night as Lincoln.
- What state was Johnson from?
- What did Johnson (then a Senator) do in Congress when the Civil War started?
- Give one word to describe Andrew Johnson.
- What president did Johnson look to as a role model?
- What group wanted to punish the South?
- What did the Freedman’s Bureau do?
- How many vetoes did Andrew Johnson have?
- What was the name of the bill that Congress used as a “trap” and led to Johnson’s impeachment?
- After the House of Representatives impeached Johnson, what percent of the Senate had to convict him before he could be removed?
- By how many votes did Johnson avoid removal from office?
- What office was he elected to after his presidency was over?
Ulysses S. Grant (ends after 21 min)
- Circle one: True or False: U. S. Grant was extremely popular
- What percent of votes for Grant did African-Americans make up?
- Circle one: True or False Ulysses S. Grant was clean and very professional looking.
- How did Grant get a speeding ticket?
- What kind of people did he put into offices?
- Why did Grant send troops to the South and what were they supposed to do?
- What are 2 scandals that became known during Grant’s administration?
- Besides blacks, what other group of Americans faced problems during Grant’s presidency?
- True or False: Grant loved blood and gore
Rutherford B. Hayes (ends after 31 minutes)
- True or False: Hayes won in a landslide.
- Who did everyone think won the election of 1876?
- Tilden won the popular vote. Who won the Electoral vote?
- How many states were arguing over who to give their electoral votes to?
- Why was Hayes’s wife called “Lemonade Lucy?”
- What kind of people did Hayes want in power in the South?
- What is one thing Hayes worked on after being President?
- How many presidents did the US go through in 1881?