History Sample Questions

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What is the most common religious affiliation among presidents Answer Episcopalian followed next by Presbyterian

Who was the oldest elected president Answer Reagan age 69

Who was the youngest elected president Answer Kennedy age 43 Theodore Roosevelt however was the youngest man to become president he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley who had been assassinated Who was the tallest president Answer Lincoln at 6 4

Who was the shortest president Madison at t 5 4

Who was the only bachelor to lead the nation Answer James Buchanan

Who was the only divorced president Answer Reagan

Which 3 presidents were assassinated in office Answer Presidents Lincoln Garfield McKinley and Kennedy

Which U S state claims the most presidents Answer Virginia and Ohio both had 7

Which president had a pet alligator Answer John Quincy Adams

Which president said To be prepared for
war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace Answer George Washington

Which president said You can fool all of the
people some of the time and some of the people all of the time but you can not fool all of the people all of the time Answer Abraham Lincoln

Which two U S presidents have been impeached Answer Andrew Johnson the seventeenth chief executive and William J Clinton the forty second

Which U S President resigned Answer Richard Nixon

Did George Washington have children Answer No he was the Father of Our County but he wasn t really a father

Who was the first president to be voted for by women Answer Warren G Harding

Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House Answer The country s 23rd president Benjamin Harrison was in office when the White House was first wired for electricity

Name a president that was left handed Answer Presidents Bill Clinton James A Garfield Herbert Hoover Harry S Truman Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan George H W Bush

How long after leaving office do former presidents get protection from the U S Secret Service Answer In 1965 Congress authorized the Secret Service to protect presidents and their spouses for their lifetime unless they decline the protection Recently Congress limited the protection to 10 years after leaving office President Clinton will be the last president to receive lifelong protection from the Secret Service

Who was the only U S president to hold a patent on an invention Answer On May 22 1849 Abraham Lincoln was granted U S Patent No 6 469 A Device for Buoying Vessels over Shoals

Who was the president when the White House got its first car Answer In November of 1899 William McKinley became the first president to ride in an automobile

Which president promised a chicken in every pot Answer During the presidential campaign of 1928 a circular published by the Republican Party claimed that if Herbert Hoover won there would be a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage

Which president had a swimming pool installed at the White House
Answer The first swimming pool built at the White House was completed in 1933 by President Franklin D Roosevelt Roosevelt who suffered from polio built the pool in the West Wing so he could use it to help strengthen his upper body

What does the S in Harry S Truman stand for Answer Truman told reporters that they should not use a period after the S because it didn t stand for anything

Which U S president became a U S senator after leaving office Answer That distinction goes to the country s
17th president Andrew Johnson Johnson who was a former representative governor and senator from Tennessee was impeached in 1869 for attempting to remove his disloyal Secretary of War without approval from the U S Senate He returned to Tennessee and won a seat the U S Senate

Which President purchased Alaska Answer President Andrew Johnson purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867

Who was the first President to live in the White House Answer President John Adams

Who was the first President who was the son of a President Answer The sixth President John Quincy Adams son of the second President John Adams

Which President was called the Old Hickory Answer President Andrew Jackson

Who was the first President to die in office Answer The ninth President William Henry Harrison died a month after his inauguration of pneumonia

Which President ordered the combat use of nuclear weapon Answer President Harry S Truman ordered the dropping of Atom Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese Emperor to surrender unconditionally to end World War II

Which President married while in office Answer The only President to be married in the White House was President Grover Cleveland

Who was the only President to serve as President without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency Answer President Gerald Ford

Who was the US President during World War I Answer The 28th President Woodrow Wilson

Who was the US President during World War II Answer The 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt till his death on 12 April 1945 and then the 33rd President Harry S Truman

Name one president that awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Jimmy Carter

Who ran for President with the campaign slogan Vote Yourself a Farm Answer Abraham Lincoln

How many future U S Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence Answer Two Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Who was the only U S President to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Answer William Howard Taft

What U S President had a nervous breakdown at the age of 24 and spent time in a sanitarium Answer Warren G Harding