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Presidential Inaugurations

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Presidential Inaugurations game quiz
"On January 20, 2009 the inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This quiz is designed to help you understand some of the tradition associated with this historic event. Good luck!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The U.S. Constitution requires that the incoming President must be sworn in while placing a hand on what instrument?
    A sworn affidavit
    The Bible
    It is not required
    The U.S. Constitution


2. Until 1933 the Constitution required that all Presidential inaugurations had to be held on what day and month?
    It has always been on January 20
    The Consitution does not specify a date
    By tradition when George Washington was first sworn in on April 30
    March 4


3. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" was stated by which incoming President and in what year?
    Ronald Reagan in 1981
    Abraham Lincoln in 1864
    Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
    John F. Kennedy in 1961


4. What occurred during Lincoln's 2nd inaugural in 1865, for the first time?
    Union and Confederate soldiers marched down Pennsylvania Avenue
    The President walked to the White House from the Capitol
    African-American soldiers participated in the inaugural parade
    An inaugural address was delivered


5. Which President's inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on television?
    Calvin Coolidge
    Harry S Truman
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Dwight Eisenhower


6. President William Henry Harrison was the first President to arrive by what means of transportation to Washington for the inaugural?
    train
    boat
    carriage
    plane


7. Who was the first Presidential wife to participate in the swearing in ceremony?
    Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861
    Mamie Eisenhower in 1953
    Martha Custis Washington in 1789
    Lady Bird Johnson in 1965


8. What terrible tragedy did President Franklin Pierce and his family endure on route to participate in his inauguration
    His wife was attacked and her servant was killed
    His father died of a heart attack
    A fire burned his home in Vermont down
    His son was killed in a train accident


9. Which President's election was not positively determined until just days before his inauguration?
    John F. Kennedy
    George Washington
    Rutherford B. Hayes
    George W. Bush


10. Presidential inaugurations have always only taken place in Washington D.C.
    True
    False


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