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U.S. Presidents

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abraham Lincoln and James Madison are the tallest and shortest ever presidents. What is their height difference?

a)

11 Inches

b)

12 Inches

c)

13 Inches

d)

17 Inches

e)

10 Inches

2.

Which president is NOT on PAPER money?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Johnson

e)

Ulysses S. Grant

3.

How many cities and counties combined are named after George Washington?

a)

47

b)

48

c)

52

d)

39

4.

Which word(s) is missing "I do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

a)

faithfully

b)

of America

c)

greatness

d)

the

5.

Which president was called 'the father of the Navy"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Trick Question: Alexander Hamilton

e)

None of the above

6.

Remarkably, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day, July 4th of what year?

a)

1823

b)

1826

c)

1829

d)

1809

7.

Who escaped the White House before the War of 1812 started?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Quincy Adams

8.

Which state became a free state when James Madison made Missouri a slave state?

a)

Kansas

b)

Maine

c)

Vermont

d)

New Hampshire

9.

Which early president owned tiger cubs?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Marin Van Buren

10.

How long was William Henry Harrison president?

a)

4 years

b)

1 year

c)

3 years

d)

12 days

e)

32 days

11.

Which president left office after making America two-thirds larger than when he was elected?

a)

John Tyler

b)

James K. Polk

c)

Zachary Taylor

12.

Who was the last president to be part of the Whig party and the Whig party only?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

James Monroe

d)

Jimmy Carter

13.

Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?

a)

George Washington

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

14.

Which president bought Alaska from Russia?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

15.

Which president accepted the Statue of Liberty from France?

a)

James Garfield

b)

Chester Arthur

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

Benjamin Harrison

16.

The Ruth of "Baby Ruth" was the daughter of who:

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Franklin Pierce

d)

Jimmy Carter

17.

Which president is famous for first having electricity in the White House and going to a baseball game as president?

a)

William Taft

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Benjamin Harrison

d)

William McKinley

18.

Which president was in office when Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and other modern day U.S.A. islands became U.S. territories?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

William McKinley

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

19.

Who was the first president in the 20th Century?

a)

William Taft

b)

William McKinley

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

20.

Who was the heaviest president?

a)

William Taft

b)

James Monroe

c)

Donald Trump

d)

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21.

Which president served four terms?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

George Washington

22.

What is on the BACK (tails) of a penny?

a)

Monticello

b)

The White House

c)

The U.S. Capitol

d)

The Lincoln Memorial

e)

The Jefferson Memorial

23.

Who was the youngest ever president?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James Madison

24.

Who was "Tricky Dick"?

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

25.

Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

George H.W. Bush

26.

Which president was a movie star and a Governor in California for eight years?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Ronald Reagan

27.

Which president was head-cheerleader at his high school?

a)

George H.W. Bush

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Ronald Reagan