White House Pets
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First Ladies
Major Events
Correct President Order
100
What President owned a one-legged rooster?
A) FDR
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) William Taft
B) Theodore Roosevelt
100
What President was ambidextrous and could write multiple languages at the same time?
A) Obama
B) Adams
C) Garfield
C) Garfield
Garfield was able to write and speak multiple languages, including Greek, Latin, and German.
100
What First Lady saved a rare portrait of George Washington and her husband's papers when the British burned down the White House?
A) Mary Todd Lincoln
B) Edith Wilson
C) Dolley Madison
C) Dolley Madison
She is considered a hero for saving the portrait and her husband's papers.
100
What president played a role in the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
100
Lincoln Truman Washington
Washington, Lincoln, Truman
200
What President taught his pet parrot to swear?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) James Monroe
C) John Tyler
A) Andrew Jackson
At Jackson's own funeral service at the family residence the bird started loudly shrieking swear words so offensive it had to be taken away.
200
What two presidents died on July 4, 1826?
A) Jefferson & Adams
B) Washington & Adams
C) Jefferson & Washington
A) Jefferson & Adams
Adams last words were, "Jefferson lives", but he had died a few hours later.
200
Who was the youngest First lady?
A) Lucy Hayes
B) Frances Cleveland
C) Caroline Harrison
B) Frances Cleveland
She became a first lady at the age of 21, and she is the only bride to get marry and give birth in the White House
200
Who was the President during the Pearl Harbor attack and the U.S entry into WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Adams Eisenhower McKinley
Adams, McKinley, Eisenhower
300
What President had a pet raccoon at the White House?
A) Zachary Taylor
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Calvin Coolidge
The raccoons name was Rebecca
300
Who was the shortest president?
A) James Monroe
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Madison
C) James Madison
Madison was the shortest president at 5'4 and weighed 100 pounds.
300
What First lady has the iconic line of, "Remember the Ladies"
A) Abigail Adams
B) Eliza Johnson
C) Ida McKinley
A) Abigail Adams
When US President John Adams was writing the nation’s Declaration of Independence in 1776, his wife urged him to “remember the ladies.” Nearly 150 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, her letter was the first private step in the fight for women’s rights.
300
Who was President during the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Ronald Reagan
300
Harding Polk Reagan
Polk, Harding, Reagan
400
What President's daughter has a pet pony?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Dwight Eisenhower
B) John F. Kennedy
JFK's daughter, Caroline, had a pony names Macaroni
400
What president was supposed to be in Lincoln's theater box on the night of his assassination?
A) Hayes
B) Grant
C) Garfield
B) Grant
Grant was supposed to be in Lincoln's theater box on the night of his assassination, but changed plans at the last minute.
400
What First lady was the first to publicize issues by holding regular press conferences?
A) Jackie Kennedy
B) Eleanor Roosevelt
C) Betty Ford
B) Eleanor Roosevelt
In addition to press conferences, she also wrote a daily newspaper column and a monthly magazine column, and hosting a weekly radio show.
400
Who was President during the California Gold Rush?
James Knox Polk
400
Fillmore Ford Taft
Fillmore, Taft, Ford
500
What President had a cow that grazed the White House lawn?
A) William Taft
B) James Madison
C) Herbert Hoover
A) William Taft
Pauline Wayne grazed the White House lawn during Taft's presidency from 1909 to 1913 and provided milk and butter for the first family
500
What president was known as the "human iceberg"?
A) Cleveland
B) Harrison
C) McKinley
B) Harrison
He was called the "human iceberg" by some for how stiff he was with people.
500
What First lady was the first to make the White House accessible for the hearing and physically impaired?
A) Pat Nixon
B) Betty Ford
C) Hillary Clinton
A) Pat Nixon
She also created a special tour that gave people with hearing and physical disabilities full access to the rooms and gardens
500
Who was President during the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo?
Andrew Jackson
500
Buchanan Coolidge Harrison
Buchanan, Harrison, Coolidge