US Presidents Trivia Word Search

The first African American president, this officeholder signed a sweeping healthcare law and authorized the raid on Osama bin Laden.

This twentieth president was shot by a disappointed office-seeker in 1881 and died of his wounds two months later.

The forty-third president, son of the forty-first, was commonly nicknamed '_ _ _ _ _' to distinguish him from his father.

Barack Obama is the only president born in this Pacific island state.

The scandal that forced Nixon's resignation was named for a Washington office and apartment complex: the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ scandal.

This state was the birthplace of more US presidents, including the first and third, than any other.

Nicknamed 'His Accidency,' this tenth president was the first vice president to assume the top office after a predecessor's death.

Bill Clinton served as governor of this state before winning the presidency.

This is the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms (now joined by one other), and the only one ever married in the White House itself.

Bill Clinton's vice president later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change advocacy: Al _ _ _ _.

George W. Bush's influential vice president was Dick _ _ _ _ _ _.

Andrew Jackson's rugged nickname was 'Old _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

Franklin Roosevelt's Depression-era relief programs were collectively known as the 'New _ _ _ _.'

The twenty-third president's given name distinguishes him from his own grandfather, the ninth president: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This sixteenth president delivered the Gettysburg Address and issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.

Ulysses Grant's first vice president was Schuyler _ _ _ _ _ _.

The thirty-fourth president, a WWII Supreme Allied Commander, was universally known by the nickname '_ _ _.'

Elected to four terms, this thirty-second president led the nation through the Great Depression and most of World War II.

This fifth president's 1823 foreign policy statement warned European powers against colonizing the Americas.

The youngest elected president at just 43, this Cold War leader navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis before his 1963 assassination.

Richard Nixon's first vice president resigned in disgrace over a separate tax scandal: Spiro _ _ _ _ _.

This many US presidents have been assassinated while in office: _ _ _ _.

Jefferson's 1803 land deal with France, which doubled the size of the country, is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Purchase.

Both Eisenhower's birthplace and Lyndon Johnson's ranch were located in this large Southern state.

Known as the 'Father of the Constitution,' this fourth president was the shortest in US history at 5-foot-4.

George H.W. Bush's vice president was Dan _ _ _ _ _ _.

This ninth president delivered the longest inaugural address in history, then died of pneumonia just 31 days into office.

The only US president to resign from office, this thirty-seventh president also opened US relations with China.

Jimmy Carter brokered peace between Egypt and Israel with the Camp David _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Woodrow Wilson's blueprint for post-WWI peace was known as his '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Points.'

This seventh president was a hero of the Battle of New Orleans and champion of the 'common man.'

A conservationist and Rough Rider, this twenty-sixth president was affectionately nicknamed '_ _ _ _ _.'

The oldest person ever inaugurated president at the time, this forty-sixth officeholder previously served two terms as vice president.

Reagan's administration faced a scandal over secret arms sales tied to Nicaraguan _ _ _ _ _ _ rebels.

Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, later dropped from the ticket for a second term, was Hannibal _ _ _ _ _ _.

This third president wrote the Declaration of Independence and founded the University of Virginia.

The sixth president's middle name, inherited from his mother's family, was _ _ _ _ _ _.

This thirty-first president, a former mining engineer, saw the Great Depression begin barely seven months into his term.

Harry Truman hailed from this state, nicknamed the 'Show-Me State.'

A former CIA director and Reagan's vice president, this forty-first officeholder led a coalition in the Gulf War.

This eighth president's home village of Kinderhook gave rise to a nickname that may be the origin of a common two-letter word.

This Union general who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox later served two scandal-plagued terms as the eighteenth president.

This forty-second president, a former Arkansas governor, was impeached over a scandal but was acquitted by the Senate.

This nineteenth president won a bitterly disputed 1876 election decided by a special commission, then served only one term as promised.

This thirteenth president, who took office after his predecessor's death, signed the Fugitive Slave Act as part of a major compromise.

Thomas Jefferson's first vice president later killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel: Aaron _ _ _ _.

After the September 11 attacks, George W. Bush launched a global 'War on _ _ _ _ _ _.'

The only lifelong bachelor to serve as president, this fifteenth officeholder is often ranked worst for failing to prevent the Civil War.

A peanut farmer turned thirty-ninth president, he brokered a Mideast peace deal and later won a Nobel Peace Prize for post-presidency work.

Joe Biden represented this small state in the US Senate for over three decades.

Jimmy Carter's final year in office was overshadowed by the Iran _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Crisis.

Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Washington, D.C.

Nicknamed 'Old Rough and Ready,' this twelfth president was a Mexican-American War hero who died just 16 months into office.

This Founding Father and first US vice president became the second president in 1797.

This twenty-fifth president led the US through the Spanish-American War before being fatally shot at a Buffalo exposition in 1901.

The belief that America was fated to expand across the continent, embraced during Polk's presidency, was called 'Manifest _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This fortieth president, a former Hollywood actor and California governor, survived an assassination attempt just months into his term.

This thirty-sixth president's given name distinguishes him from an earlier, seventeenth president who shared his surname: _ _ _ _ _ _.

This thirtieth president was sworn in by his own father, a notary public, by lamplight after his predecessor's sudden death.

This seventeenth president, a Southern Democrat who stayed loyal to the Union, became the first US president to be impeached.

FDR called December 7, 1941 'a date which will live in infamy' after the attack on _ _ _ _ _ Harbor.

Dwight Eisenhower grew up in this state, home today to his presidential library.

Ronald Reagan served two terms as governor of the state nicknamed the '_ _ _ _ _ _ State.'

The only person to serve as president without ever being elected president or VP, this officeholder pardoned his disgraced predecessor.

James Monroe's 1823 statement warning European powers against colonizing the Americas is called the Monroe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer from this Southern state before entering politics.

Benjamin Harrison practiced law in this Midwestern state before his presidency.

The 1962 nuclear standoff between the US and Soviet Union is known as the Cuban _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Crisis.

Barack Obama's signature healthcare law is commonly nicknamed '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his own father in this small New England state.

Kennedy's failed 1961 invasion of Cuba is remembered as the Bay of _ _ _ _.

Nicknamed the 'Mother of Presidents' alongside Virginia, this state was the birthplace of seven presidents, including Grant and Taft.

Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln are carved into Mount _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in South Dakota.

This eleventh president pledged to serve only one term and oversaw the largest territorial expansion of any US president.

This fourteenth president's term was overshadowed by tragedy after his young son died in a train accident just before his inauguration.

This first US president's given name was _ _ _ _ _ _ Washington.

The secret WWII program to build the atomic bomb, continued through Truman's presidency, was called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Project.

This twenty-first president, who took office after an assassination, surprised critics by championing civil service reform.

Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes _ _ _ _ _.

Gerald Ford was born in this Great Plains state before his family moved to Michigan.

This businessman turned forty-fifth and forty-seventh president is the only one besides Grover Cleveland to serve non-consecutive terms.

Zachary Taylor's military nickname was 'Old Rough and _ _ _ _ _.'

Clinton's impeachment stemmed from a scandal involving White House intern Monica _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Ronald Reagan's nickname 'The _ _ _ _ _ _' came from a football character he played in a 1940 film.

This twenty-ninth president's administration was rocked by a bribery scandal, though he died in office before it fully surfaced.

Warren Harding's administration was rocked by the '_ _ _ _ _ _ Dome' bribery scandal involving oil reserves.

This Secretary of State negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska, an acquisition critics mockingly called a 'folly': William _ _ _ _ _ _.

Abraham Lincoln built his early political career in this state, in the towns of New Salem and Springfield.

Calvin Coolidge's famously reserved manner earned him the nickname '_ _ _ _ _ _ Cal.'

Donald Trump's first-term vice president was Mike _ _ _ _ _.

This vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson later resigned the office: John C. _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The forced relocation of Native American nations under Jackson's Indian Removal Act became known as the Trail of _ _ _ _ _.

Truman's program to rebuild postwar Europe was named for Secretary of State George _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Joe Biden's vice president was the first woman to hold the office: Kamala _ _ _ _ _ _.

This twenty-eighth president led the US through World War I, championed the League of Nations, and remains the only president to hold a PhD.