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8th Grade Social Studies Blizzard Bag #2

Presidential Trivia

1. Which president was the only president who wasn’t elected to the presidency or vice-presidency? a. b. Chester A. Arthur c. James Polk 2. At what school did hold the title President Wilson? a. Princeton University b. University c. Colby College 3. What award did John F. Kennedy receive for his book, Profiles in Courage? a. National Book Award b. Nobel Prize for Literature c. Pulitzer Prize 4. Who, besides John F. Kennedy, is the only other president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery? a. Ulysses S. b. c. 5. How old was Andrew Johnson when he was taught to read? a. 17 b. 3 c. 22 6. How did avoid military service? a. Purchased a substitute to b. Pretended he had an injury c. Hid at a distant relative’s serve for him in the Civil house War 7. What was “’s War”? a. Spanish-American War b. War of 1812 c. Civil War 8. Which future president served as a general in the War of 1812? a. b. c. James Madison 9. In what war did George Bush serve? a. Vietnam War b. Korean War c. World War II 10. What region of the country was from? a. b. the South c. Midwest 11. How was President John related to ? a. Distant cousins b. Sam was his nephew c. Sam was his brother-in-law 12. In what state was born and buried? a. b. Ohio c. New York 13. Which Whig president had 15 children? a. b. c. Millard Fillimore 14. Which mid-19th century president authorized Matthew C. Perry’s trip to Japan in an attempt to open trade with the country? a. b. Calvin Coolidge c. Grover Cleveland 15. Who was president at the same time Adolf Hitler came to power? a. b. Dwight D. Eisenhower c. Harry Truman 16. How many other president’s lived or are buried in the same state as James Polk? a. 5 b. 2 c. None 17. Which president served in the House of Representatives from 1831-1848, making him the only president to hold office in the House after his presidential term expired? a. James Madison b. c. 18. Who was the first president to visit all fifty states? a. b. c. John F. Kennedy 19. Which future president led the D-Day invasion? a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. William Howard Taft c. Woodrow Wilson 20. What topic did Andrew Jackson address in a letter to his wife dated September 18, 1816? a. His efforts to make a treaty b. Troubled in his presidency c. His mother with the Cherokee Nation 21. Who was the last president to be born in a log cabin? a. Rutherford Hayes b. James Garfield c. Abraham 22. Who appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court? a. b. Jimmy Carter c. 23. How many terms did Bill Clinton serve as the governor of Arkansas? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 24. What president was elected to four terms? a. Woodrow Wilson b. Franklin Roosevelt c. George Washington 25. Who was president during the panic of 1837? a. b. William Henry Harrison c. Andrew Jackson 26. Which president was the first president since 1932 to lose his bid for reelection? a. Jimmy Carter b. William McKinley c. 27. Who was in office when the Confederate States of America declared their independence? a. b. c. Andrew Johnson 28. What slogan did Warren G. Harding campaign on? a. Return to normalcy b. It’s the economy, stupid! c. A thousand points of light 29. What city is now the home of the Ulysses S. Grant national Historic Museum? a. St. Louis, MO b. Cleveland, OH c. Albany, NY 30. Who was the first president to be born outside the ? a. James Polk b. Andrew Jackson c. Abraham Lincoln