Presidents
He was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This document announced America's independence from Great Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He was the youngest person elected president of the United States.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
He led the country through the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt? "FDR"
This is the official home of the U.S. president.
What is the White House?
He was president during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This war was fought between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
What is the Civil War?
He was the first president born in a hospital.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
He signed the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the maximum number of elected terms a president may serve under the 22nd Amendment.
What is two terms?
He was the third president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
He was the first African American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
He helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase while serving as president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This person becomes president if both the president and vice president can no longer serve.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
He was the only president to serve four elected terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This famous speech was delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
He was the first president to resign from office.
Who is Richard Nixon?
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This branch of government includes the president and carries out federal laws.
What is the executive branch?
He was president when the United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This 1941 attack brought the United States into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
He was the first president born west of the Mississippi River.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
He created the Peace Corps in 1961.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This amendment established that a president's elected term ends at noon on January 20.
What is the 20th Amendment?