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U.S. Presidents

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which President was NOT assassinated while in office?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Grant
c)
McKinley
d)
Kennedy
2.
This is a picture of President George H. Bush.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
President _____ was the first person to voluntarily resign from the office of President of the United States.
a)
Taft
b)
Nixon
c)
Cleveland
d)
Eisenhower
4.
Which President loved baseball and started the tradition of throwing the "first pitch" of the season?
a)
George W. Bush
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Woodrow Wilson
5.
Who was the oldest President?
a)
George Washington
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Warren Harding
6.
Which President served two non-consecutive terms in office?
a)
Grover Cleveland
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
7.
Which President began calling the executive mansion simply the "White House"?
a)
John Adams
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Rutherford B. Hayes
d)
Richard Nixon
8.
Who was the only President who was never elected by the American people?
a)
John Tyler
b)
William McKinley
c)
George Washington
d)
Gerald Ford
9.
Which President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Bill Clinton
10.
In which state were most of the U.S. Presidents born?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Virginia
d)
New York
11.
At 5 feet and 4 inches, who was the shortest President?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Martin Van Buren
d)
James Madison
12.
Who was the youngest President?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
James Garfield
d)
Bill Clinton
13.
Which President was assassinated while watching a play?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Garfield
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
William McKinley
14.
Which President was impeached by the House of Representatives?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John Adams
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Harry Truman
15.
Which President was elected by the House of Representatives as a result of the "corrupt bargain"?
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
James Monroe
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Franklin Pierce
16.
Who was the first President to live in the White House?
a)
John Adams
b)
George Washington 
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
17.
Who was President when the British set fire to the White House?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
James Monroe
d)
John Quincy Adams
18.
Which President was famous for saying, "the buck stops here"?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
John F. Kennedy
19.
Which President was elected to an unprecedented four terms?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Harry Truman
20.
At 6 feet, 4 inches who was the tallest President?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Lyndon Johnson
c)
George Washington
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
21.
Which song is played when the President enters a ceremony?
a)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
b)
Star Spangled Banner
c)
God Bless America
d)
Hail to the Chief
22.
Where is the President's main office located?
a)
Capitol Building
b)
West Wing
c)
Green Room
d)
East Wing
23.
Which President weighed over 300 lbs and allegedly got stuck in the bathtub in the White House?
a)
William Howard Taft
b)
Lyndon Johnson
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Grover Cleveland
24.
Which President won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Bill Clinton
25.
Which President added a basketball court to the grounds of the White House?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
26.
Which President was known as "Old Hickory"?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Dwight Eisenhower
27.
Who was the only President to resign from office?
a)
Bill Clinton
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
James Buchanan
28.
Who was considered the best-dressed President (he used to own a clothing business)?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Andrew Jackson