Diplomacy and Tact: U.S. Secretaries of State

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1. Born in Bavaria, I served as secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford administrations from 1973 to 1977. Who am I? Henry Kissinger William Rogers Cyrus Vance Warren Christopher

2. I was the nation's fifth secretary of state, serving in the Jefferson administration between 1801 and 1809. I would later become the U.S. president in 1809. Please identify me. Andrew Jackson James Monroe James Madison John Quincy Adams

3. A graduate of Davidson College, I was the secretary of state during the Kennedy and Johnson years between 1961 and 1969. Can you name me? Dean Rusk Robert McNamara Christian Herter William Westmoreland

4. Who served as President Franklin Roosevelt's first secretary of state for eleven years, from 1933 to 1944? Cordell Hull Edward Stettinius Henry Stimson Frank Kellogg

5. In 1997, who became the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state? Condoleezza Rice Sandra Day O'Connor Madeleine Albright Jeane Kirkpatrick

6. I worked as President Lincoln's secretary of state during the U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865. Later, I would aid in the USA's acquisition of Alaska from Russia. Can you name me? Elihu Washburne Jeremiah Black William Seward Lewis Cass

7. A former general, I was President George W. Bush's first secretary of state, from 2001 to 2005. Can you identify me? Wesley Clark Colin Powell Dan McNeill Mike Jackson

8. I was the secretary of state during most of the Eisenhower years, serving from 1953 to 1959. A Washington, DC, airport is named after me. Who am I? John F. Dulles Dean Acheson Christian Herter Harrison Matthews

9. Which one-time U.S. secretary of state received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his work with the European Recovery Plan? Dean Acheson George Marshall James Byrnes Edward Stettinius

10. A survivor of the Nixon Watergate scandal, 1972-1974, I was President Reagan's first secretary of state, from 1981 to 1982. Can you identify me? Warren Christopher George Schultz Alexander Haig James Baker III