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Founding Fathers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two political parties were the earliest presidents involved in?

a)

Federalists

b)

The Green Party

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Libertarians

2.

Who was the third U.S. president?

a)

James Monroe

b)

John Adams

c)

Millard Filmore

d)

Thomas Jefferson

3.

Which founding father was a lawyer and chose Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and chose Washington to lead the continental army?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

Which U.S. president was not in any political party and actively discouraged the existence of them?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

5.

What is the name of the building that the U.S. president lives in?

a)

White House

b)

Capitol

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Monticello

6.

Which president helped to write the Federalist Papers?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

7.

Who was the first, First Lady

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Melania Trump

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Martha Washington

8.

Which U.S. president did not own slaves?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

9.

Who was the obvious choice to lead the constitutional convention and to become the first president because of his military leadership during the Revolutionary War and his celebrity status?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

10.

Which founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

11.

Who did John Adams hate at the end of his life?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Donald Trump

12.

Who was the fourth U.S. president?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

13.

Which founding father was known as the "father of the constitution" because he wrote the Bill of Rights and had a lot of the important ideas for how the U.S. government was organized?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

14.

Who was the shortest president in U.S. history at 5'4"?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

15.

Which founding father bought the Louisiana Purchase during his presidency?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

16.

What branch of government is the president a part of?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

17.

What founding father was a famous celebrity throughout the colonies, invented many things, spoke five languages, and owned the Pennsylvania Gazette?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

18.

What founding father was shot and killed by the vice president?

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Sam Adams

19.

Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

20.

Which U.S. president chose to retire after two terms, setting the precedent for other presidents to follow, and eventually making it as an amendment into the constitution?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison