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3 THE presidents Book Puzzles, games, and trivia for hours of presidential fun! Brian Thornton Adams Media Avon, Massachusetts

4 Dedication In memory of my friend Jeffrey Edward Nelson. Long may you run, Jeff. EDITORIAL Publishing Director: Gary M. Krebs Director of Product Development: Paula Munier Managing Editor: Laura M. Daly Associate Copy Chief: Sheila Zwiebel Acquisitions Editor: Kerry Smith Development Editor: Brett Palana-Shanahan Associate Production Editor: Casey Ebert PRODUCTION Director of Manufacturing: Susan Beale Production Project Manager: Michelle Roy Kelly Interior Layout: Erin Dawson Prepress: Erick DaCosta, Matt LeBlanc Cover Design: Erin Alexander, Stephanie Chrusz Frank Rivera Copyright 2007, F+W Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews and photocopies made for classroom use. An Everything Series Book. Everything and everything.com are registered trademarks of F+W Publications, Inc. Published by Adams Media, an F+W Publications Company 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA U.S.A. ISBN-10: ISBN-13: (paperback) ISBN 13: (EPUB) Printed in the United States of America. J I H G F E D C B A This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. When those designations appear in this book and Adams Media was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed with initial capital letters. Cover illustrations by Dana Regan. Interior illustrations by Kurt Dolber. Puzzles by Beth L. Blair. This book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases. For information, call See the entire Everything series at

5 Contents Introduction vi Chapter 1: The Founding Presidents ( ) George Washington: The First President ( ) 2 John Adams: The Second President ( ) 6 Thomas Jefferson: The Third President ( ) 10 James Madison: The Fourth President ( ) 13 Chapter 2: Moving West ( ) James Monroe: The Fifth President ( ) 16 John Quincy Adams: The Sixth President ( ) 18 Andrew Jackson: The Seventh President ( ) 21 Martin Van Buren: The Eighth President ( ) 24 Chapter 3: War With Mexico ( ) William Henry Harrison: The Ninth President (1841) 28 John Tyler: The Tenth President ( ) 31 James K. Polk: The Eleventh President ( ) 34 Zachary Taylor: The Twelfth President ( ) 36 Chapter 4: Slavery and the Civil War ( ) Millard Fillmore: The Thirteenth President ( ) 40 Franklin Pierce: The Fourteenth President ( ) 42 James Buchanan: The Fifteenth President ( ) 44 Abraham Lincoln: The Sixteenth President ( ) 47 Chapter 5: Reconstruction of the South ( ) Andrew Johnson: The Seventeenth President ( ) 52 Ulysses Simpson Grant: The Eighteenth President ( ) 55 Rutherford B. Hayes: The Nineteenth President ( ) 59 James A. Garfield: The Twentieth President (1881) 61 iii

6 Chapter 6: The Gilded Age ( ) Chester A. Arthur: The Twenty-first President ( ) 64 Grover Cleveland: The Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth President ( and ) 68 Benjamin Harrison: The Twenty-third President ( ) 71 William McKinley: The Twenty-fifth President ( ) 72 Chapter 7: The Dawn of a New Century ( ) Theodore Roosevelt: The Twenty-sixth President ( ) 76 William Howard Taft: The Twenty-seventh President ( ) 79 Thomas Woodrow Wilson: The Twenty-eighth President ( ) 81 Warren G. Harding: The Twenty-ninth President ( ) 84 Calvin Coolidge: The Thirtieth President ( ) 86 Chapter 8: The Great Depression and More War ( ) Herbert Clark Hoover: The Thirty-first President ( ) 90 Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Thirty-second President ( ) 93 Harry S Truman: The Thirty-third President ( ) 96 Dwight David Eisenhower: The Thirty-fourth President ( ) 99 Chapter 9: The Cold War and Vietnam ( ) John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Thirty-fifth President ( ) 102 Lyndon Baines Johnson: The Thirty-sixth President ( ) 106 Richard Milhous Nixon: The Thirty-seventh President ( ) 108 Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: The Thirty-eighth President ( ) 110 James Earl Carter: The Thirty-ninth President ( ) 112 Chapter 10: The End of the Century ( ) Ronald Wilson Reagan: The Fortieth President ( ) 116 George Herbert Walker Bush: The Forty-first President ( ) 119 William Jefferson (Blythe) Clinton: The Forty-second President ( ) 122 George W. Bush: The Forty-third President (2001 ) 125 Appendix A: Glossary 128 Appendix B: Puzzle Solutions 130 iv

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