1. Trivia Quiz

1.16. Presidential Firsts

Who was the first president ...

1. To leave the continental U.S. while in office.

2. To use, in the oval office,  the desk that was a gift of Queen Victoria.

3. The first Christmas tree was set up in the White House during his term.

4. To have a child born in the White House.

5. To throw out the first baseball of the major league season.

6. Whose daughter married in the White House.

8. Whose mother attended his inauguration.

9. Who was a Roman Catholic.

10. Who had been divorced.

Section 1.16 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.16.

1.16. Presidential Firsts

Who was the first president ...

1. To leave the continental U.S while in office. Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 to visit Panama [EPT 21-22]

2. To use, in the oval office, the desk that was a gift of Queen Victoria. John F. Kennedy [EPT 125-126]

3. The first Christmas tree was set up in the White House during his term. Franklin Pierce was the first president to introduce the Christmas tree to the White House in 1856 for a group of Washington Sunday School children. The first national Christmas Tree was lighted in the year 1923 on the White House lawn by President Calvin Coolidge. See http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees/traditions.html

4. To have a child born in the White House. Grover Cleveland. It was Ester, his second child. [BLSWH 71]

5. To throw out the first baseball of the major league season. William Howard Taft [BPL 289], April 14, 1910. The pitch was caught by Walter Johnson.

6. Whose daughter married in the White House. James Monroe's daughter Maria married Samuel Gouverneur, March 9, 1820. [BPL 67]

7. To address Russians on Russian Television. Richard Nixon. May 28, 1972 [AP 350]

8. Whose mother attended his inauguration. James A. Garfield [AP 168]

9. Who was a Roman Catholic. John F. Kennedy [AP 303]

10. Who had been divorced. Ronald Reagan [AP 411] [divorce]