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President Trivia #1-47

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the16th President who was assassinated when watching a play at a theater?

a)

James Buchanan

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

Who was the first president of the United States of America?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

James Madison

3.

Who was the18th President and was a general during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

James Garfield

d)

Andrew Johnson

4.

Which President holds the record for the longest inaugural speech (and didn't wear a hat or coat during it)?

a)

George Washington

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Zachary Taylor

d)

William Henry Harrison

5.

Who was the first President born a U.S. citizen?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

Martin Van Buren

d)

James Buchanan

6.

Who was the only President from Pennsylvania?

a)

James Madison

b)

James Buchanan

c)

James Garfield

d)

James Monroe

7.

At 5 feet and 3 inches, who was the shortest President?

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Martin Van Buren

d)

James Madison

8.

Which President was impeached because he fired his Secretary of War (when he wasn't allowed)?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

James Buchanan

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Millard Fillmore

9.

Who was President when the British set fire to the White House during the War of 1812?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Quincy Adams

10.

Who was the only President who never married?

a)

James Buchanan

b)

John Tyler

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

Millard Fillmore

11.

Who is the only President was elected to the House of Representatives AFTER serving his term as President (and died in the House)?

a)

George Washington

b)

Chester Arthur

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Andrew Jackson

12.

Which President had fifteen children (more than any other President)?

a)

James Garfield

b)

John Adams

c)

John Tyler

d)

James K. Polk

13.

Which President killed a man over a woman before he was elected?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Chester Arthur

14.

Which President like to swim naked before work in the Potomac River?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

James Monroe

d)

William Henry Harrison

15.

This president had teeth made from gold, silver, ivory and lead.

a)

George Washington

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Chester Arthur

16.

What 2 presidents died on the exact same day -- July 4, 1826 -- the 50th birthday of the U.S.A.?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

John Tyler

17.

Which president double the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Martin Van Buren

18.

The word "OK" originated with this president from his nickname "Old Kinderhook."

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

James Buchanan

d)

James Garfield

19.

After his presidency, this president was a member of the Confederate Congress and actually died as an enemy of the United States!

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

John Tyler

d)

Franklin Pierce

20.

This president died after eating a bowl of cherries and a glass of milk.

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James Garfield

21.

This president signed the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

Franklin Pierce

d)

James Buchanan

22.

This president saw his son tragically killed in a train accident.

a)

John Tyler

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Rutherford Hayes

d)

James Garfield

23.

This president did nothing to stop the southern states from pulling away from the North.

a)

James Buchanan

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Millard Fillmore

d)

Andrew Johnson

24.

This president ended slavery by signing the "Emancipation Proclamation".

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

James Buchanan

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

25.

This president won the presidency by just 1 vote, and through a deal that ended the Reconstruction after the Civil War.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

James Garfield

d)

Andrew Johnson

26.

This president died, not from an assassin's bullet, but ultimately from the doctors' dirty fingers (and because they didn't know about germs).

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

James Garfield

d)

William Henry Harrison

27.

This president is going to be the only one to marry IN the White House (to a woman 27 years younger than him!).

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

John Tyler

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James K. Polk

28.

Who was the first President born in a hospital?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

29.

Who was the only president to serve more than two terms (4x)?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

George Washington

30.

Who are the only TWO presidents to serve two non-consecutive terms?

a)

Donald Trump

b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)

Franklin Roosevelt

31.
Who is the only president to ever resign from office?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Richard Nixon
32.

This president was assassinated at a World's Fair in Buffalo, New York.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

James Garfield

d)

Warren Harding

33.
Who was president during World War II?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
34.

Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House?

a)

Benjamin Harrison

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

William McKinley

d)

Warren Harding

35.

Who was the president that went out west to become a cowboy?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

36.

Who was the president who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

a)

Warren Harding

b)

William Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

37.

Who was the president during World War I?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

38.

Who was the president who had a lot of scandals -- making moonshine, losing at poker and having affairs?

a)

William Taft

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Warren Harding

d)

Richard Nixon

39.

What president had a hobby of riding his saddle before supper?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Harry Truman

d)

William Taft

40.

Who was president that got blamed for the Great Depression?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Calvin Coolidge

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Warren Harding

41.

What president dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

John F. Kennedy

42.

Who was the president that created the interstate highways and helped integrate the schools?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Harry Truman

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Lyndon Johnson

43.

What president kept us from nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Ronald Reagan

44.

What president signed the Civil Rights Act, but then sent troops to Vietnam?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Jimmy Carter

45.

Who is the only president to never be elected to the presidency?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Jimmy Carter

46.

This president was a famous movie star who ended the Cold War.

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

George H.W. Bush

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

47.

This president said, "Read my lips! No new taxes!"

a)

George H.W. Bush

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Bill Clinton

48.

He is the 2nd president to be impeached.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

George W. Bush

49.

He was president during 9/11.

a)

George W. Bush

b)

George H.W. Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Bill Clinton

50.

This is our first African-American president.

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Ronald Reagan

51.

He is our oldest elected president at 78 years and 7 months old (beating out former president by about 5 months).

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Joe Biden

52.

This president is impeached TWO times.

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Andrew Johnson

53.

Only President elected from Pennsylvania.

a)

James Buchanan

b)

James Carter

c)

James Monroe

d)

James Garfield

54.

Only president to resign from office.

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Bill Clinton

55.

Who is the only president to be elected 4 times?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

56.

Who is the only president to never be elected to vice-president or president?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

George Washington

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Andrew Johnson

57.

Who is our youngest elected president (age 43)?

a)

Joe Biden

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

58.

This president had TWO assassination attempts on his life when running for reelection.

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

James Garfield