Presidents
The President that was responsible for creating and building the interstate highway system.
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower
What two memorials have statues of presidents sitting?
What is Lincoln and FDR
Where was the first capitol of the United States located?
New York City
What kind of trees is Dc famous for having bloom? (the government of Japan gave them as a gift)
Cherry Blosoms
Inauguration takes place
What is January 20th
The president who was responsible for the New Deal and the Army Corp of Engineers who built Washington, DC and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Name one of the two speeches engraved at the Lincoln Memorial
What are the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural
George Washington designated 100 acres in these two states to become the new nation's capital.
Virginia and Maryland
Where was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Ford's Theatre
The president must say a short _______ that is legally binding before he (or she) is officially inaugurated.
Oath
This President had the most children and his grandson is alive today.
Who is President John Tyler?
How tall is the statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial?
What is 19 feet
What are the streets in Washington, D.C. named after?
(Double Jeopardy)
The names of the 50 states.
What is the underground public transportation in DC called?
What is the metro
The first person to be inaugurated was _____
George Washington
Which president wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
Why are the men standing in a line in room 2 of the FDR Memorial?
(Double Jeopardy)
What is they are waiting in the breadline?
Washington D.C. stands along this river.
Potomac River
What is the underground public transportation in DC called?
District of Columbia
The elections take place in the month of ______
November
Who was the only president to not live in the White House?
George Washington. (He died a year before the White House was completed)
How many columns surround the Lincoln Memorial?
What is 36. The number of states in the union when Lincoln was President.
George Washington chose the location of the Washington, D.C. to be only a few miles from his home. What was his nearby home called?
Mt. Vernon
What is the baseball team from DC called?
The period between the election and the inauguration of a president is called _______
The Lame Duck Period