POP QUIZ (Presidents who served in the military)

It is Veterans Day after the presidential elections, so let's look at the commanders in chief who served in the military.

1. The only president to serve in the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.
a) Andrew Jackson
b) George Washington
c) James Monroe
d) Thomas Jefferson
2. He was held captive by the British during the Revolution .
a) Andrew Jackson
b) George Washington
c) James Monroe
d) Thomas Jefferson
3. In the famous painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, byEmanuel Leutze, this future president is shown holding the American flag.
a) James Madison
b) Andrew Jackson
c) James Monroe
d) William Henry Harrison
4. Which of the following did not serve in the War of 1812?
a) Zachary Taylor
b) William Henry Harrison
c) John Tyler
d) James K. Polk
5. He was a militia captain during the Black Hawk War of the 1830s.
a) Martin Van Buren
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) James Buchanan
d) Franklin Pierce
6. Which of the following did not serve in the Mexican-American War?
a) Franklin Pierce
b) Zachary Taylor
c) Ulysses Grant
d) William Henry Harrison
7. This future president served in the 23d Ohio Infantry, under another future president, Rutherford B. Hayes.
a) William McKinley
b) James Garfield
c) Benjamin Harrison
d) Grover Cleveland
8. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2001.
a) Ulysses Grant
b) Andrew Jackson
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) George Washington
9. He was an artillery officer during World War I.
a) Dwight Eisenhower
b) Harry Truman
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Franklin Roosevelt
10. He was the last Army veteran to serve as president.
a) George H.W. Bush
b) Jimmy Carter
c) Dwight Eisenhower
d) Ronald Reagan



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Answers : 1. b  ; 2. a  ; 3. c  ; 4. d  ; 5. b  ; 6. d  ; 7. a  ; 8. c  ; 9. b  ; 10. c