1. Trivia Quiz

1.2. Births and Family Backgrounds (Part 2)

Identify the following U.S. Presidents:

1. The last president born in a log cabin.

2. They were born posthumously.

3. His mother served in the Peace Corps.

4. His middle initial did not stand for anything.

5 His Vice President was born in the same state that he was.

6. Both of his parents died by the time he was 9 years old.

7. Both of his parents were immigrants to America.

8. Sons of state governors.

9. He was born in Delaware, ...

10. A candy bar was named after his first daughter.

Section 1.2 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.2.

1.2. Births and Family Backgrounds (Part 2)

Identify the following U.S. Presidents:

1. The last president born in a log cabin. James A. Garfield. [AP 164]

2. They were born posthumously. Andrew Jackson [AP 63], Rutherford B. Hayes [AP 158], William Clinton [EPT 37].

3. His mother served in the Peace Corps. Jimmy Carter. Lillian Gordy Carter joined the Peace Corps at age 68 [AP 385].

4. His middle initial did not stand for anything. Harry S. Truman. [full name, no middle name] There is an entire web page devoted to the subject: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/speriod.htm

5 His Vice President was born in the same state that he was. William Henry Harrison. Although born in Virginia (as was John Tyler, his vice-president), he was an inhabitant of Ohio. [AP 85] The Constitution prevents the Electoral College from electing a President and vice-president who are inhabitants of the same state (see Amendment 12, ratified in 1804).

6. Both of his parents died by the time he was 9 years old. Herbert Hoover [AP 258]

7. Both of his parents were immigrants to America. Andrew Jackson. [AP 63]

8. Sons of state governors. William Henry Harrison. His father signed the Declaration of Independence and was Governor of Virginia at the end of the Revolutionary War [AP 85]. John Tyler's father was also governor of Virginia. [AP 90]. Franklin Pierce's father was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1827 [AP 112].

9. He was born in Delaware, ... Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio! [AP 157]

10. A candy bar was named after his first daughter. Grover Cleveland [TWHT 47] The "Baby Ruth" candy bar was named for Ruth Cleveland.