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Presidential & US Fun Facts

Every term, you will each get 6 Presidential & US Fun Facts. It is your job to find the answers and then learn everyone else's facts as well for a test at the end of the term. You have the opportunity to get 2 test grades for this project: 1) for your answers to your questions; 2) for the test on all the facts. If you forget what your questions are, they are listed below. Good luck and have fun!!

Term 1

1. What President was the only person to win all of the votes when becoming President? 2. Ulysses S. Grant saw some of the bloodiest battles during the Civil War. But, what made him sick to his stomach if he saw it? 3. When moving to the White House, which President and his family got lost in the woods? 4. Where did Abraham Lincoln keep all of his important papers? 5. James Monroe received all the electoral votes to become President, except 1. Why? 6. Which President owned 2 tiger cubs as pets?
 * Mickey **

1. Which President played the saxophone in a group called "3 Blind Mice"? 2. What did Betsy Ross have in her basement? 3. Describe the disaster that happened in Boston in 1919. It killed at least 21 people and took weeks to clean up. 4. Who was Wyatt Earp? 5. Which President liked having his head massaged with Vaseline during breakfasts in bed and riding his own mechanical bull? He liked to ring the White House doorbell and then running off to hide. 6. Who is credited with sewing the 1st American flag?
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Amanda **

<span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Which President wrote most of the Declaration of Independence? <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Who was the 2nd President to die in office? Explain. <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. When Ulysses S. Grant was President, why was he arrested? He had to pay a fine of $20. <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. This President was the 1st President to use electricity in the White House. After getting shocked, he and his family often refused to touch the light switches and would either go to bed with the lights on or have another person turn them off. <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. Who was the 1st woman President? Explain. <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. This President lost an entire set of White House china during a poker game.
 * <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conrad **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. President Lyndon Johnson liked to show off a bit. What happened when he was at his ranch and wanted to prove his bravery to his guests? (hint: it involves a bull) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Who was the 1st President of the American colonies? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Why was Franklin Pierce arrested while in office? The case was dropped because of not enough evidence in 1853. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Which President and his family used sign language when they didn't want to be overheard? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. Why is the Presidential elections held in November? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. You may think that Frisbees were invented in the 1960s but the children on Oregon Trail threw Frisbee-like devices over a 100 years ago. They were not made of plastic though. What were they made of?
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Naod **