1. Trivia Quiz

1.4. The Presidents' Careers (Part 1)

Name the president who was ...

1. Elected to United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.

2. Minister to Prussia.

3. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

4. High Commissioner to the Philippines.

5. President of Columbia University.

6. Managed gold mining operations in Australia.

7. A newspaper publisher and editor.

8. Head of the National Youth Administration in Texas.

9. New York City Police Commissioner.

10. The first Secretary of State.

Section 1.4 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.4.

1.4. The Presidents' Careers (Part 1)

Name the president who was ...

1. Elected to United States Congress and the Confederate Congress. John Tyler. He was in the U.S. House from 1816 to 1821 and in the Senate from 1827 to 1836. He was elected to the Confederate Congress in 1861, but he died before serving the Confederacy. [AP 93]

2. Minister to Prussia. John Quincy Adams [AP 57]

3. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. James K. Polk [AP 94] He was the only President to have previously been Speaker of the House.

4. High Commissioner to the Philippines. William Howard Taft [AP 220]

5. President of Columbia University. Dwight D. Eisenhower [AP 291]

6. Managed gold mining operations in Australia. Herbert Hoover [AP 258]

7. A newspaper publisher and editor. Warren G. Harding [AP 239]

8. Head of the National Youth Administration in Texas. Lyndon Johnson [AP 314]

9. New York City Police Commissioner. Theodore Roosevelt [AP 208]

10. The first Secretary of State. Thomas Jefferson [AP 458]