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US PRESIDENTS QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many electoral votes should a candidate of a presidential election win to become the president of USA?

a)

270

b)

260

c)

260

d)

240

2.

Which American department (ministries of USA are known as departments) is responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy and international relations?

a)

Department of State

b)

Department of Foreign affairs

c)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

d)

Department of Defense

3.

Which constitution amendment abolished the slavery of USA?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

12th amendment

d)

11th amendment

4.

Who was the first Black president of USA?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Kamala Harris

d)

Andrew Jackson

5.

The United States Congress (America's parliament) consists of two chambers. One of them is the House of Representatives, name the other one.

a)

The Senate

b)

Cabinet

c)

President Of the United States

d)

House of Lords

6.

Who was the first woman to contest in an US presidential election?

a)

Victoria Wudhull

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Elizabeth Warren

d)

Hillary Clinton

7.

How many seats are there in the House of Representatives?

a)

435

b)

225

c)

450

d)

500

8.

This Democratic candidate won a majority of votes in the US presidential election of 2000, but was unable to become the president since he didn't win a majority of electoral votes. Who was this Democratic candidate?

a)

George.W.Bush

b)

Al Gore

c)

George.H.W.Bush

d)

Bill Clinton

9.

Who was the longest serving president of USA?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

10.

Who was the only person in American history to resign from his post as the president?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Richard Nixon

11.

Which US president was responsible for building the Panama Canal?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

John Adams

12.

Who were the first US presidents to be related as father and son?

a)

John Adams & John Quincy Adams

b)

George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush

c)

William Jefferson Blythe Jr. & Bill Clinton

d)

Abraham Lincoln & Robert Todd Lincoln

13.

Which US president was known as the old hickory ?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

From which country did United States buy the land of Alaska?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Netherland

d)

England

15.

During which president's time did the Louisiana Purchase from France take place?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

John Adams

16.

United States acquired Manhattan island from Dutch in 1667 in exchange for which country?

a)

Surinam

b)

Mexico

c)

Hawaii Islands

d)

Diego Garcia Island

17.

Who was named president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

James A. Garfield

d)

Franklin Pierce

18.

Mount Rushmore pays patriotic tribute to four United States presidents.Three of them are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Who is the other president sculptured in Mt. Rushmore?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Franklin Roosewelt

19.

Which U.S. president ordered to bomb Hiroshima during WW II?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Franklin Roosewelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

20.

Who was the first and only unmarried US President?

a)

James Buchanan

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

William H. Harrison

d)

George Washington