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WorksheetsAmerican Presidents
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Many American Presidents had prominent military careers before becoming president. Which of the following presidents did not serve as a general in the U.S. Army before becoming president
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
President Trump spends much of his time playing golf. What was president Eisenhower's favorite recreation.
Tennis
Poker
Bridge
Playing the Piano
John F. Kennedy is celebrated as the first Catholic president of the United States. Who was the first (unsuccessful) Catholic presidential candidate nominated by a major party
Al Smith
Alf Landon
James M. Cox
Thomas E. Dewey
Which of the following presidents did not serve as the head of a major American University?
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
In these days of vigorous political campaigning it should be remembered that one successful presidential campaign was run from the candidates 'front porch' by his campaign manager Mark Hanna.
James Buchanan
Chester Allen Arthur
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
George Washington was inaugurated on April 20th. Subsequent presidents were inaugurated on March 4th unless this fell on a sunday. Who was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20th?
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
None of the above. The date is January 21st
Only one president was never married (and was suspected of being gay). That president was.....
James Buchanan
Millard Filmore
Rutherford B. Hayes
Calvin Coolidge
Only one president served in congress after his term in office. That man was
James Madison
Andrew Johnson
James Polk
John Quincy Adams
Which of these Presidents was not assassinated?
James Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Which of these presidents did not die while in office?
Zachary Taylor
Warren G. Harding
Benjamin Harrison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
During which president's term of office did the USA annex the greatest amount of territory?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Polk
Andrew Johnson
Prior to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 who would become president if both the president and vice president were to die in office?
President pro tempore of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Candidate with the second highest number of electoral votes in the previous election
Who was the youngest person to win electoral votes for president?
John F. Kennedy
Henry Clay
Edward Rutledge
William Jennings Bryan
There have been many two term presidents. Whose terms were not consecutive?
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas Jefferson
There were none
One presidential spouse has been described as the 'first female president' because of her extensive influence on policy when her husband was incapacitated by illness. Who was that person?
Lucretia Garfield
Edith Wilson
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Nancy Reagan
Abbey Bartlett
