WorksheetsVeteran's Day
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
HOW MANY WAR VETERANS ARE THERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
17 MILLION
22 MILLION
27 MILLION
32 MILLION
VETERANS DAY WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS
ARMISTICE DAY
FLAG DAY
REMEMBRANCE DAY
SOLDIERS DAY
VETERANS DAY IS CELEBRATED ON NOV. 11TH BECAUSE
THAT'S WHEN THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, WHICH ENDED THE WAR, WAS SIGNED.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PICKED THAT DAY FROM A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
CONGRESS WANTED THE HOLIDAY TO FALL BETWEEN LABOR DAY AND THANKSGIVING.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
WHO FIRST PROPOSED THAT ARMISTICE DAY BE NAMED VETERANS DAY?
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
ALVIN J. KING
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
HARRY S. TRUMAN
VETERANS DAY OFFICIALLY ACQUIRED ITS CURRENT NAME IN
1954
1956
1958
1960
WHAT FLOWER IS THE SYMBOL OF VETERANS DAY?
FORGET-ME-NOT
LILY
POPPY
ROSE
THE MOTTO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IS "TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE". WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE THESE WORDS?
SMEDLEY BUTLER
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WALT WHITMAN
WOODROW WILSON
WHAT PATRIOTIC SONG DEBUTED IN IT CURRENT FORM ON ARMISTICE DAY BROADCAST IN 1938?
"AMERICA,THE BEAUTIFUL"
"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
"SPIRIT OF THE USA"
"THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY"
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL VETERANS VOTED IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
41%
51%
61%
71%
HOW MANY OF THE 46 U.S. PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VETERANS?
25
28
31
34
