Free Printable President's Day Challenge

Happy President's Day! How much do you know about U.S. Presidents? Take this President's Day challenge and find out!

1. The first president of the United States was:

a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Calvin Coolidge
c. John Adams
d. George Washington
2. Who was president when the the 19^th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified in 1920?

a. Woodrow Wilson
b. Jimmy Carter
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Richard Nixon

3. Which president campaigned on the slogan "a chicken in every pot"?

a. Ronald Reagan
b. Warren G. Harding
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Herbert Hoover

4. Which president promised Americans "a New Deal?"

a. James K. Polk
b. William Howard Taft
c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d. Barack Obama

5. Which president was responsible for the decision to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to bring about Japan's surrender during World War II?

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. William J. Clinton

6. Which president made a famous trip to China that paved the way for a diplomatic relationship and trade between the U.S. and China?

a. Richard M. Nixon
b. George H.W. Bush
c. Franklin Pierce
d. John F. Kennedy

7. Which president served the shortest term (32 days) and why?

a. Richard M. Nixon resigned
b. William Henry Harrison died from medical complications resulting from a cold
c. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
d. Milliard Fillmore completed Zachary Taylor's presidential term after Taylor died in office

8. While President hid the fact that he suffered from a fatal kidney disease during his presdency?

a. John F. Kennedy
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. Chester A. Arthur
d. William Howard Taft

9. Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms as president?

a. Martin Van Buren
b. John Quincy Adams
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Grover Cleveland

10. Under whose presidency did the U.S. acquire the Lousiana Territory?

a. Thomas Jefferson
b. William McKinley
c. Rutherford B. Hayes
d. Ulysses S. Grant

11. Alexander Graham Bell used one of his inventions to try to find the bullet inside which mortally-wounded president?

a. William McKinley
b. James Garfield
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Abraham Lincoln

12. Who was the only president to achieve the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts?

a. James Madison
b. Benjamin Harrison
c. Gerald Ford
d. Ronald Reagan

Answers: 1-d, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c, 5-b, 6-a, 7-b, 8-c, 9-d, 10-a, 11-b, 12-c.