Famous Presidents - Multiple Choice Test

George Washington helped to write
1. the American constitution
2. the New Deal
3. the Declaration of Independence
4. the Emancipation Proclamation
The British thought they would win the war against American colonists because
1. they had more soldiers and weapons
2. they were used to the cold winters
3. most settlers wanted them to stay
4. George Washington couldn't motivate his soldiers
As a young man Abraham Lincoln was
1. a successful lawyer
2. a surveyor
3. the governor of Illinois
4. a plantation owner
The Civil War started because
1. the southern states didn't want to give up slavery
2. the southern states freed all their slaves
3. Abraham Lincoln wanted the southern states to form a new nation
4. the northern states broke away from the union
In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared
1. that all slaves in America were free
2. that slaves would be allowed to vote
3. that the Civil War was over
4. that the southern states were no longer a part of the USA
When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president
1. America was in an economic depression
2. the New Deal programme had just begun
3. the US was already at war with Japan
4. the economy in America was booming
The New Deal programme
1. created jobs for unemployed Americans
2. gave the American President the right to declare war
3. made it possible for FDR to have four terms as president
4. gave African Americans more rights
At the beginning of his fourth term, Franklin D. Roosevelt
1. met with other Allied leaders in Yalta
2. started his New Deal programme
3. declared war on Germany and Japan
4. became crippled by polio
As a young man John F. Kennedy
1. rescued the crew of his boat in World War II
2. visited the Soviet Union
3. left his home country Ireland
4. refused to take part in the war
During Kennedy's presidency
1. the Soviet Union installed missiles in Cuba
2. the Vietnam War ended
3. African Americans received equal rights
4. the Americans landed men on the moon