THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

SCAVENGER HUNT

D. BALLARD

Team 1

Directions: Use both sheets below to find the important facts or items about the Presidents. Although you may not finish in the time given, do your best to find as many as possible. Each name MUST have both the first and last. No abbreviations You MUST report back to the final post before the bell rings. The team that has the most answers/items correct will win. This information will be presented by you and your teammates Friday during class. Good luck and have a safe journey...

Presidential Firsts

He was the first President who...

Accepted no pay as President ______________________

Installed a bath tub with running water ________________

To pay off the national debt _________________________

Born in a hospital __________________________________

Parents were divorced _______________________________

To appear on television ______________________________

To be a millionaire __________________________________

To be a Senator ____________________________________

To have served as Speaker of the House ________________

To wear a beard ____________________________________

Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

SCAVENGER HUNT

D. BALLARD

Team 2

Presidential Firsts

He was the first President who...

Rode in an automobile _________________________

Appeared on a postage stamp __________________

Was born a citizen of the US ___________________

Selected his brother as a member of his cabinet ___________________

Had been divorced ___________________________

Was the shortest at 5'4" tall ___________________

Was ranked as a Five-Star Army General __________________________

Lived the longest after leaving office ______________________________

They were the only Presidents who...

Were chosen by the House of Representatives _______________________

________________________

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Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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D. BALLARD

Team 3

Random oddities about the Presidents...

List two Presidents who were non-religious...__________________________

__________________________

The first to have made his own clothes...__________________________

Was fined $20.00 for riding his horse too fast...__________________________

The first left-handed President...__________________________

The first to have an Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn...

__________________________

The first to have a child born in the White House..._______________________

The first to have his portrait on paper and coin money...__________________

List the last two Presidents who were assassinated that were elected during a

year ending in a zero..,

___________________________

Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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D. BALLARD

Team 4

Interesting Presidential facts...

President with the most vetoes (635 = 372 regular, 263 pocket, and 9 overridden)...

____________________

President who survived the shortest period of time after leaving office...

___________________ (3 years and 6 months)

Only President to die in August..._______________________

The best President in historical ranking..._________________

The worst President in historical ranking...________________

President who pardoned (excused from a crime) the largest number of people...

___________________(3687)

Name all 4 Presidents found on Mount Rushmore...

____________________ ___________________

________________________________________________________________________

Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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D. BALLARD

Team 5

Terms and Vice Presidency...

List all 4 Presidents who did not have Vice Presidents...

__________________ ____________________

President who served the shortest term; while delivering his Inaugural speech in

the extreme cold, he caught pneumonia and died three weeks later...

__________________

List the 4 Presidents who were Vice Presidents when they were elected...

__________________ ______________________

The only President who tried his Vice President for treason...

__________________

________________________________________________________________________

Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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Team 6

Presidential relationships and questionable pasts...

Earned the name the “Comeback Kid” after losing an election and then winning

two sequential terms 8 years later...

________________________

Only and first President to banish alcohol from the White House as the First

Lady was a part of the Temperance Union (“Lemonade Lucy”)...

________________________

Besides the Bush’s, list the other two Presidents who were Father and Son...

________________________ _______________________

Presidents who were Grandfather and Grandson...

_______________________ _______________________

Presidents who were Second Cousins...

______________________ _______________________

Presidents who were Fifth Cousins...

______________________ _______________________

________________________________________________________________________

Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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D. BALLARD

Team 7

Money and religion...

First Ladies pay after...___________________

Dollar amount given to a President for office space when he leaves office...

__________________________

Type of security guaranteed to each President after they leave office...

________________ _____

(Group that provides) (# of years)

Only Catholic President... __________________

List 2 of the 4 Baptist Presidents...________________ ________________

11 of our 43 Presidents belonged to this branch of the Christian faith...

______________________

Only President who was a Congregationalist...______________________

List the two Presidents who were Quakers..._______________________

_______________________

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Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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D. BALLARD

Team 8

Luxuries of the Presidents...

Had Air force 1 repainted to look like an eagle including blue feathers and cockpit

windows that looked like eyes... _______________________

Threw a 3 day keg party after his inauguration (took office)...________________

He did not permit his VP to enter the White House for 6 months because he

despised his lack of government experience...

______________________

Had all the passenger seats aboard Air force 1 unbolted and turned toward his

compartment and the wall was replaced with plexiglass so he could keep an eye

on everyone...

_______________________

His life was threatened twice within 17 days both by female shooters...

_______________________

Two Presidents who were impeached by the House of Representatives....

_____________________ & _________________________

Was offended by the expensive crystal and china on Air force 1 and all the

passengers that took them as souvenirs. He had it replaced with plastic

containers and paper cups...

________________________

In contrast, the only President aboard his LAST flight on Air force 1 that emptied

the entire plane of anything of value...

_________________________

Only one who claimed to have seen a UFO.. __________________________

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Directions: In the space provided, cut and paste three Presidential portraits that were given as answers above. Include their first and last names as well.