Presidential+Fun+Facts+Term+3

Presidential & US Fun Facts Every term, you will each get 8 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) (Term 2)

1. George Washington once gave an order than forbade what in the US army? 2. Which President kept a pet alligator in the East Room of the White House? 3. Thomas Jefferson had about 6,000 books. He donated his books and this became the basis of what library? 4. Who kept his old warhorse Whitney on the White House lawn and people would pluck hairs from it for souvenirs? 5. What happened to James Polk when he was 17 years old? 6. Who was Virginia Dare?
 * Mickey **

1. In 1845, why did Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot have to be removed from his funeral? 2. When Martin Van Buren was Vice-President, what did he use to preside over the Senate that made some of the senators nervous? 3. This President did not like to talk a lot. During a dinner, a guest made a bet that she could get him to say more than 2 words. When she told the President about the bet, he looked at her and said, “You lose.” 4. Which President often embarrassed those around him by falling asleep? He would fall asleep at cabinet meetings, White House dinners, church sermons, and funerals. Once he even fell asleep in an open car during a campaign tour in New York City. 5. Many movies and tv shows have used the expression “Typhoid Mary.” She was actually a real person. Explain who she was. 6. On September 25, 1820, what was put on trial in Salem, New Jersey. Describe what happened at the trial.
 * Amanda **

1. Who refused an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford? He said, “No man should accept a degree that he can not read." <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. When England’s Prince of Wales came to visit the White House in 1860, he had a lot of people with him. He had so many, where did President Buchanan have to sleep? <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Daylight savings was set up in 1917 but which American first proposed it? <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Who was the 1st President to be assassinated? What happened? <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. After being shot and seeing his shooter being beaten, what did President McKinley yell? <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. Which President was the 1st American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Why?
 * <span style="color: #0100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conrad **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. During Prohibition, why would Herbert Hoover visit the Belgium Embassy? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Which President had 2 attempts on his life? Both were by women. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Who was the 1st actor to be elected President? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Why weren’t doctors able to save James Garfield after he had been shot? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. Which President later joined the Confederacy and was elected to their House of Representatives? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. "Ma, Ma, wheres my Pa?' was the slur used for this Presidental candidate because he had fathered a child out of wedlock. He won anyway. It was never determined whether or not he really was the father but he still supported the child.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Naod **