21 QUESTIONS (BUT REALLY 10 ANSWERS!): WHICH PRESIDENT AM I?

Directions (As a Class Activity):

The class will be split into two groups. The Teacher will read off, one by one,
characteristics of a particular President. The first team to correctly guess the
President will win that round. The team with the most right answers, out of three
rounds, will win the game.

Directions (As a Take-Home Activity):

Without using any outside sources, work down the list of clues and see how many
clues it takes before you correctly identifythe President.
The second part of your assignment is to choose three Presidents (different from
he ones I provided) and come up with a list of five facts for each one. You will
present your clues/facts to a small group of your peers in class the next day. This
will help you and your peers review the material for our test on the Presidency.

President # 1:
• I was assassinated.
• American-Soviet relations dominated my foreign policy.
• My assassin was also shot.
• My assassination is still mourned and very controversial.
• I gave the green light for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
• I was one of few Presidents to have a nickname made up of my initials.
• My wife has become a fashion icon.
• I was the 35th President of the United States.
• I was part of the first televised Presidential Debate.
• I have famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what
you can do for your country."

President # 2:
• I have many U.S. towns named after me.
• I was a Democratic-Republican.
• My portrait was on the $5000 bill.
• I am considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
• I helped pen the Federalist Papers.
• I have no children.
• Louisiana and Indiana were admitted to the Union under my leadership.
• I am known as the “Father of the Bill of Rights.”
• I was Thomas Jefferson’s Secretary of State.
• James Monroe succeeded me.

President # 3:
• I was born in North Carolina.
• I was originally a U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
• I replaced Hannibal Hamlin as running mate for the Presidency.
• I succeeded an assassinated President.
• I am usually ranked among historians as one of the worst Presidents.
(Ouch!)
• I began the first phase of The Reconstruction.
• I spoke harshly against “traitor” confederates as Vice President, but did not
follow through on those sentiments during my Presidency.
• I was FOR the passing of the Black Codes that prevented Africans from
gaining full rights.
• I was the first President to be impeached.
• I am the 17th President of the United States.