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First 5 Presidents

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was President when the two-party system emerged?
a)
Washington
b)
Jefferson
c)
Adams
d)
Madison
2.
Who was President when the President’s Mansion was burned by the British during an attack on Washington D.C?
a)
Washington
b)
Monroe
c)
Adams
d)
Madison
3.
Who was President when the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
a)
Adams
b)
Washington
c)
Monore
d)
Madison
4.
Which President was first to live in the President' s Mansion?
a)
Washington
b)
Adams
c)
Jefferson
d)
Madison
5.
Who was President when the Judiciary Act of 1789 set up the federal court system?
a)
Madison
b)
Jefferson
c)
Monroe
d)
Washington
6.
From which country did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
Great Britian
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
Russia
7.
Who was the President that warned European nations not to colonize or interfere in the Western Hemisphere?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Adams
c)
Monroe
d)
Madison
8.
Which President served  one term in office and was from Massachusetts?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Adams
c)
Madison
d)
Monroe
9.
Jefferson is to the Louisiana Purchase as Washington is to ___________.
a)
plans for the national capital
b)
the two-party system
c)
John Adams
d)
the War of 1812
10.

Who was responsible for helping to complete the design of the national capital, Washington D.C.?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Banneker

c)

Phillis Wheatley

d)

John Adams

11.
Which of the following happened while James Madison was President of the United States?
a)
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
b)
Monroe Doctrine was written
c)
the War of 1812 occurred
d)
the federal court system was established
12.
Who was President when the Louisiana Territory was purchased from Napoleon, the ruler of France, for 15 million dollars?
a)
Madison
b)
Adams
c)
Jefferson
d)
Washington
13.
Who was President when the Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as he observed the bombing of Fort McHenry?
a)
Madison
b)
Monroe
c)
Washington
d)
Adams
14.
What was a result of the emergence of the two-party system?
a)
Adams and Jefferson ran against each other for the Presidency
b)
Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr
c)
other countries had more respect for the United States
d)
the federal court system was established
15.
Who was President when Lewis and Clark (Corps of Discovery) explored the new territory past the Mississippi River with the help of Sacajawea?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Adams
c)
Madison
d)
Monroe
16.
The Monroe Doctrine warned European nations NOT to interfere in the---
a)
Eastern Hemisphere
b)
Western Hemisphere
c)
Southern Hemisphere
d)
Northern Hemisphere
17.
Lewis and Clark explored land west of what river?
a)
Columbia
b)
Mississippi
c)
Missouri
d)
Rio Grande
18.
What is the correct order of the first five Presidents?
a)
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams
b)
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
c)
Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Monroe, Adams
d)
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison
19.
Which war caused European nations to gain respect for the United States?
a)
Civil War
b)
War of 1812
c)
Revolutionary War
d)
French and Indian War
20.

What was added to the U.S. Constitution while George Washington was president?

a)

The Magna Carta

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The War of 1812

21.

What did the Monroe Doctrine say?

a)

European nations needed to pay the U.S. money

b)

America was independent from Great Britain

c)

European nations should leave nations in the Western hemisphere alone

d)

Presidents are only allowed to serve for two terms

22.

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the amount of land the U.S. owned?

a)

Doubled it

b)

Halved it

c)

Made it more expensive

d)

Gave some land to the Spanish

23.

________________________________ was the first president.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

24.

____________________________________ was the second president of the United States.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

25.

________________________________ was the third president of the United States.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

26.

_______________________________ is the fifth president of the United States.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

27.

______________________ was the only non-Virginian of the first 5 presidents.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

28.

_________________________ was the president that created the Monroe Doctrine.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

29.

__________________________________ was president when the court system was created.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

30.

___________________________________ was the president that sent Lewis and Clark exploring.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

31.

_____________________________ was president when Banneker designed the plan for Washington, D.C.

a)

John Adams

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Monroe

e)

George Washington

32.

What is the correct order of the Presidents?

a)

Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Madison

b)

Jefferson, Monroe, Adams, Washington, Madison

c)

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

d)

Adams, Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Monroe

33.

Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" which later became America's national Anthem?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Baneker

c)

Francis Scott Key

d)

Andrew Jackson

34.

North and South America are located in what hemisphere?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

35.

Who was the first President to live in the White House?

a)

Washington

b)

Adams

c)

Jefferson

d)

Monroe

36.

What did the United States gain as a result of the war of 1812?

a)

Canada

b)

Florida

c)

The Louisiana Purchas

d)

Respect from European Countries

37.

What area made up the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

The state of Florida

b)

Only the state of Louisiana

c)

The Land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

d)

Canada

38.

This early President was NOT from Virginia.

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

James Monroe

39.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established which kind of legal system?
a)
congressional law system
b)
federal court system
c)
international court system
d)
stack court system
40.

Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States at that time?

a)

True

b)

False

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