1. Trivia Quiz

1.5. The Presidents' Careers (Part 2)

Name the president who ...

1. Owned race horses.

2. Proposed and was president of a Peace Convention to try to head off the civil war.

3. Participated in the first cross country truck convoy.

4. Hanged two men.

5. Worked as a deck hand on a Mississippi flatboat.

6. Served as a lifeguard several summers in his youth.

7. Was Military Governor of Tennessee.

8. Was president of Princeton University.

9. For a time, lived the life of a cowboy.

10. Was co-founder of an independent oil company.

Section 1.5 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.5.

1.5. The Presidents' Careers (Part 2)

Name the president who ...

1. Owned race horses. Andrew Jackson [AP 66].

2. Proposed and was president of a Peace Convention to try to head off the civil war. John Tyler [AP 93]

3. Participated in the first cross country truck convoy. Dwight D. Eisenhower [AE 149]

4. Hanged two men. Grover Cleveland. [AP 177]

5. Worked as a deck hand on a Mississippi flatboat. Abraham Lincoln [AP 129]

6. Served as a lifeguard several summers in his youth. Ronald Reagan [AP 412] According to Reagan he saved 77 people from drowning.

7. Was Military Governor of Tennessee. Andrew Johnson, 1862-1864 [AP 142]

8. Was president of Princeton University. Woodrow Wilson [AP 227]

9. For a time, lived the life of a cowboy. Theodore Roosevelt [AP 207]

10. Was co-founder of an independent oil company. George Bush [AP 436]