Yes Mr President Trivia Quiz

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

Frances Perkins was Roosevelt's Labor Secretary. She was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet. She is best known for helping to establish and implement Social Security and Roosevelt's New Deal economic programs. Cordell Hull was Roosevelt's first Secretary of State. Hull led the State Department through World War II and worked to ensure international cooperation including the Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin American nations and support of U.S. allies in Europe and Asia. He also helped found the United Nations and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his effort.

Harold Ickles was Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior, although he was active in various departments and positions. He was crucial in establishing various public works systems across the United States and protected and expanded national parks. He also worked to protect various landscapes, most notably U.S.'s Pacific islands, from the effects of nuclear and atomic explosions and testing.

Answer: James Garfield

Although Garfield's presidency only lasted a few months before his assassination, his Cabinet had a few notable members who continued on under Chester A. Arthur. Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was Garfield and Arthur's Secretary of War, although his more famous contributions to American society came afterward during his legal career.

James Blaine was Garfield and Arthur's Secretary of State who also served in that position under Benjamin Harrison. In that position, he worked to strengthen American relationships with Latin American nations. William Windom served as Garfield and Arthur's Secretary of the Treasury and again in that position under Benjamin Harrison. Windom only served in the position for a few months but was responsible for negotiating with Russia over Alaskan fisheries.

Answer: Barack Obama

Eric Holder served as Obama's first Attorney General. He was also the nation's first African-American Attorney General. Holder was heavily involved in the prosecution of terrorists and defended the controversial use of drones in warfare. He also stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court as well as eased up on prosecuting marijuana possession crimes at the federal level.

Kathleen Sebelius was Obama's first Secretary of Health and Human Services. She is best known for implementing the Affordable Care Act. She came into office in the middle of a swine flu outbreak which was her first task to tackle. Chuck Hagel was Obama's third Defense Secretary and an unusual cross-party Cabinet member as Hagel was a Republican and Obama a Democrat. Despite this, he received some opposition from Republican members who saw his nomination as anti-Israel statement.

Answer: William McKinley

Philander Knox served as McKinley's third Attorney General and continued in that position after McKinley's assassination under Theodore Roosevelt. Knox is best known for breaking up various monopolies and implementing the Dollar Diplomacy toward Latin America. He developed the policy as Attorney General and then more fully implemented it when he was Secretary of State under William Taft.

Elihu Root was a well-known corporate lawyer who, as Secretary of War, worked to protect U.S. corporate interests during the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, The Philippine-American War and other events. Root also reformed the military to become more efficient. He also served as Secretary of War under Roosevelt who later appointed him Secretary of State.

William Day briefly served as McKinley's Secretary of State During which time he worked to help end the Spanish-American War and convinced Spain to agree to U.S. demands. McKinley soon appointed him to a federal judgeship and then Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

William Seward was Lincoln's Secretary of State who is best remembered for his purchase of Alaska in what was then mocked as Seward's Folly because the purchase was seen as a waste of money with nothing valuable in Alaska. Salmon Chase was Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury whom Lincoln later appointed as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. As Treasury Secretary, he established paper currency and bonds to help fund the Civil War and avoid complete economic collapse during the war.

Edwin Stanton was Lincoln's second Secretary of War who, during the Civil War, established a communication and transportation system to help information and intelligence move quickly as well as providing troops with the weaponry and the supplies they needed to fight. Despite this, his tenure at the War Department was often mocked and called "the lunatic asylum" because of how disorganized and chaotic it was.

Answer: George Washington

During Washington's presidency, the Cabinet was much smaller than it is today. It only consisted of the Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War (Defense) and Attorney General. Alexander Hamilton was Washington's first Treasury Secretary and he was responsible for the formation of the First Bank of the United States. Edmund Randolph was Washington's first Attorney General and then later his Secretary of State.

His tenure in office was marred by various scandals, including one involving a runaway slave named Ona Judge. Thomas Jefferson, who would later be the nation's third president, served as Washington's first nonacting Secretary of State. Jefferson was heavily involved in foreign affairs and his policies often clashed with Alexander Hamilton who thought the nation should avoid getting heavily involved in international affairs.

Answer: George W. Bush

Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice both served as Secretary of State under Bush. They were instrumental in the forming international alliances during the War on Terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Powell was the first African-American to hold the position while Rice was the second. At the time they served, they were the highest positioned African-American ever in the U.S. Government.

Tom Ridge was Bush's first Secretary of Homeland Security and the first person to hold that position after the department's creation. He was primarily responsible for developing the nation's domestic response to and protection from terrorism. This included technological advancements and the protection and stabilizing of infrastructure.

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

Robert Weaver was Johnson's first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He is also the first African-American to serve in the Cabinet as well as the first Secretary of HUD. At HUD, he worked to ensure fair housing and economic opportunities for African-Americans and enforced civil rights laws in housing.

Robert McNamara was Johnson's first Secretary of Defense and also served in that position under John Kennedy. McNamara was responsible for overseeing the Vietnam War and he escalated the U.S. presence in the region, believing American intervention was necessary to prevent the fall of Vietnam and other nations to communism. Towards the end of his tenure, McNamara began believing the war was a lost cause and thought the U.S. should end its intervention.

Henry Fowler was Johnson's second Treasury Secretary. Fowler focused on conquering inflation and ending the coinage of silver in the U.S.

Answer: Richard Nixon

John Mitchell was Nixon's first Attorney General. He is most remembered for his downfall and imprisonment after the Watergate Scandal for perjury, obstruction of justice and other crimes related to the scandal and subsequent coverup. He served 19 months in prison.

George Shultz was Nixon's first Secretary of Labor and third Secretary of the Treasury. He also held various other positions in Nixon's government and was Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State. He is known as a prolific government civil servant. As Secretary of Labor, Shultz instituted the first racial quotas in the federal government in order to prevent contractors from racially discriminating in hiring and as Secretary of the Treasury, he focused on international economic opportunities for U.S. businesses. Melvin Laird was Nixon's Defense Secretary who oversaw the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam and the process of Vietnamization, turning Vietnam gradually over to Vietnamese troops.

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover, who would succeed Coolidge in office, served as Coolidge's first Secretary of Commerce. He was originally appointed to that position by President Warren Harding. In this position, Hoover helped with the first regulations of the radio, telecommunications and mass transportation. His response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was praised and helped launch him into a national figure which Hoover then used to start his presidential campaign.

Harlan Stone was Coolidge's second Attorney General. He was responsible for investigating the many scandals that had plagued Coolidge's successor, Warren Harding, including the Teapot Dome Scandal. Coolidge appointed Stone to the Supreme Court in 1925 and then Franklin Roosevelt promoted him to Chief Justice in 1941. His tenure on the Supreme Court is what his best remembered for, in particular his votes to uphold the New Deal policies of Roosevelt and advocating for judicial restraint.

Charles Evans Hughes was Coolidge's first Secretary of State, a holdover from Harding. In the aftermath of World War I, Hughes advocated for a stronger relationship with American allies, especially Britain, in order to coordinate strategy with the rest of Europe and Asia as well as prevent a naval arms race that been beginning to form.