Article II Mystery Cache
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How well do you know your presidential history?
"The Executive power shall be vested in a
President of the United States of America."
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates, you must answer the
questions below to determine the actual coordinates. Answers
are the President's number in the sequence of presidencies (e.g.
George W. Bush = 43).
The X represents the digit to use.
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Issued Executive Order 10730, which ordered the
101st Airborne Division and the Arkansas National Guard
(brought under federal control) to help enforce a court order to
desegregate the schools of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Assassinated by Charles Guiteau.
xX
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C = |
Succeeded to the office when his predecessor became the first
President to die in office. xX
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D = |
Before becoming President, he was a Professor of Government at
Princeton University, and later served as that institution's
president. xX
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The doctrine bearing his name warns European powers that they
should not seek to "extend their systems" to the western
hemisphere. Any such action would be considered "dangerous to our
peace and safety" and viewed as "a manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition to the United States." X
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The Caroline Affair, The Aroostook War, and the
Webster-Ashburton Treaty X
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G = |
Signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing the relocation of
Native Americans from lands East of the Mississippi.
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Jay's Treaty with Britain and Pinckney's Treaty with Spain
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Signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
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The Wormley House Agreement ultimately paved the way for this
President's "victory" after a disputed election in which he
received fewer votes than his opponent.
Xx
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K = |
Signed the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act, which
repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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Became President without having ever been elected to either
President or Vice-President. xX
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M = |
Received a majority of the Electoral College vote and defeated
the incumbent president, even though he received a lower percent of
the popular vote. Xx
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Supported the Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted
Kansas as a slave state. xX
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Signed the Newlands Resolution, which provided for the
annexation of Hawai'i. xX
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