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Free US Presidents Flashcards
Presidents anchor American history: order them and the eras order themselves. These cards hit the presidencies that exams and civics tests return to again and again.
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QWho was the first US president?
AGeorge Washington (1789–1797)
QWho wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became president?
AThomas Jefferson
QWhich president led during the Civil War?
AAbraham Lincoln
QWhich president served more than two terms?
AFranklin D. Roosevelt (elected four times)
QWho was president during the Louisiana Purchase (1803)?
AThomas Jefferson
QWhich president resigned over the Watergate scandal?
ARichard Nixon (1974)
QWho was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
AJohn F. Kennedy (1962)
QWhat document did Lincoln issue in 1863 to free slaves in Confederate states?
AThe Emancipation Proclamation
QWho was the first president to live in the White House?
AJohn Adams
QWhich president delivered the Gettysburg Address?
AAbraham Lincoln
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