1. Trivia Quiz

1.1 Births and Family Backgrounds (Part 1)

Identify the follow future presidents:

1. The first president born in a log cabin.

2. The only president born on July 4th.

3. The first president born after U.S. Independence.

4. The only presidents born on same street and in the same city.

5. The first president born in a hospital.

6. His grandfather and namesake was killed by Indians.

7. Their birth names were changed before becoming president.

8. The first president born West of the Mississippi river.

9. His parents belongs to a fundamentalist Christian sect known as the "River Brethren."

10. English was not his mother tongue.

Section 1.1 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.1.

1.1 Births and Family Backgrounds (Part 1)

1. The first president born in a log cabin. Andrew Jackson, born March 15, 1767 in Waxlaw South Carolina [AP 62, EPT 5].

2. The only president born on July 4th. Calvin Coolidge, born July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont [AP 250].

3. The first president born after U.S. Independence. Martin Van Buren, born December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York [AP 78]. [citizen of the United States]

4. The only presidents born on same street and in the same city. John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Both were born on Franklin Street in Quincy (then Braintree), Massachusetts [EPT 19].

5. The first president born in a hospital. Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia [AP 385].

6. His grandfather and namesake was killed by Indians. Abraham Lincoln's father's father (also named Abraham) was killed by Indians in 1786. [LIN 1-21]

7. Their birth names were changed before becoming president. Gerald Ford (Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) [AP 366] and William Clinton (birth name "Blythe," Time Magazine, June 8, 1992, page 62 [TM 95]) names were changed as a result of adoption. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. When he entered the Military Academy he was mistakenly registered as "Ulysses Simpson Grant" and he preferred it to his birth name [AP 151].

8. The first president born West of the Mississippi river. Herbert Hoover, born in West Branch, Iowa [AP 259]

9. His parents belongs to a fundamentalist Christian sect known as the "River Brethren." Dwight D. Eisenhower [AP 293]

10. English was not his mother tongue. Martin Van Buren. He grew up speaking Dutch better than English [AP 78]