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1. Who was the only President to serve more than two terms?A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. Theodore RooseveltC. George WashingtonD. Ulysses S. Grant

2. Who was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms?A. Ronald ReaganB. Woodrow WilsonC. Grover ClevelandD. Theodore Roosevelt

3. Who was the oldest elected President?A. Zachary TaylorB. Dwight D. EisenhowerC. James BuchananD. Ronald Reagan

4. Who was the first President to live in the White House?A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Andrew JacksonD. John Adams

5. Who was the first President born outside the contiguous United States?A. William Howard TaftB. Barack ObamaC. Benjamin HarrisonD. Franklin Pierce

6. Before the Twelfth Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the Vice President determined?A. There was no official Vice Presidents before 1804B. Appointed by the PresidentC. President and Vice President were voted on separatelyD. The Presidential candidate receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes

7. Which U.S. President signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?A. James BuchananB. Andrew JohnsonC. Andrew JacksonD. Ulysses S. Grant

8. Who was the first President to appear on TV?A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. Harry S. TrumanC. Dwight D. EisenhowerD. John F. Kennedy

9. Who was the first President to be impeached?A. Richard NixonB. Bill ClintonC. Andrew JohnsonD. Calvin Coolidge

10. Who was the first President to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court?A. George H.W. BushB. Lyndon JohnsonC. Bill ClintonD. John F. Kennedy

11. What name was given to the commission that was established to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination?A. Warren CommissionB. Oswald CommissionC. Johnson CommissionD. Kennedy Commission

12. How many future Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?A. 4B. 1C. 3D. 2

13. Who is the only President to resign from office?A. Richard NixonB. Franklin PierceC. Bill ClintonD. Andrew Johnson

14. Which President signed the Civil Rights Act that extended the rights of emancipated slaves?A. Rutherford B. HayesB. Abraham LincolnC. Ulysses S. GrantD. Andrew Johnson

15. Which President was the first to use an armored limousine, and who 'donated' it for the President's use?A. Dwight Eisenhower; from Winston ChurchillB. Woodrow Wilson; from Henry FordC. Franklin Roosevelt; from Al CaponeD. Harry Truman; from Howard Hughes

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1. Who was the only President to serve more than two terms?A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. Theodore RooseveltC. George WashingtonD. Ulysses S. Grant

2. Who was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms?A. Ronald ReaganB. Woodrow WilsonC. Grover ClevelandD. Theodore Roosevelt

3. Who was the oldest elected President?A. Zachary TaylorB. Dwight D. EisenhowerC. James BuchananD. Ronald Reagan

4. Who was the first President to live in the White House?A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Andrew JacksonD. John Adams

5. Who was the first President born outside the contiguous United States?A. William Howard TaftB. Barack ObamaC. Benjamin HarrisonD. Franklin Pierce

6. Before the Twelfth Amendment was passed in 1804, how was the Vice President determined?A. There was no official Vice Presidents before 1804B. Appointed by the PresidentC. President and Vice President were voted on separatelyD. The Presidential candidate receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes

7. Which U.S. President signed the treaty to purchase Alaska from Russia?A. James BuchananB. Andrew JohnsonC. Andrew JacksonD. Ulysses S. Grant

8. Who was the first President to appear on TV?A. Franklin D. RooseveltB. Harry S. TrumanC. Dwight D. EisenhowerD. John F. Kennedy

9. Who was the first President to be impeached?A. Richard NixonB. Bill ClintonC. Andrew JohnsonD. Calvin Coolidge

10. Who was the first President to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court?A. George H.W. BushB. Lyndon JohnsonC. Bill ClintonD. John F. Kennedy

11. What name was given to the commission that was established to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination?A. Warren CommissionB. Oswald CommissionC. Johnson CommissionD. Kennedy Commission

12. How many future Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?A. 4B. 1C. 3D. 2

13. Who is the only President to resign from office?A. Richard NixonB. Franklin PierceC. Bill ClintonD. Andrew Johnson

14. Which President signed the Civil Rights Act that extended the rights of emancipated slaves?A. Rutherford B. HayesB. Abraham LincolnC. Ulysses S. GrantD. Andrew Johnson

15. Which President was the first to use an armored limousine, and who 'donated' it for the President's use?A. Dwight Eisenhower; from Winston ChurchillB. Woodrow Wilson; from Henry FordC. Franklin Roosevelt; from Al CaponeD. Harry Truman; from Howard Hughes