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Presidents on U.S. Currency

Explore the history and significance of presidents featured on United States banknotes and coins.

Grade 8 Social studies HistoryU.S. HistoryPresidents on Currency
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7

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Presidents on U.S. Currency

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Read each question carefully and provide the best answer based on your knowledge of U.S. history and currency.

1. Which president is featured on the front of the one-dollar bill?

a

Abraham Lincoln

b

George Washington

c

Thomas Jefferson

d

Andrew Jackson

2. The portrait of Alexander Hamilton appears on which U.S. banknote?

a

$5 bill

b

$10 bill

c

$20 bill

d

$50 bill

3. Which coin features the profile of Abraham Lincoln?

a

Dime

b

Quarter

c

Penny

d

Nickel

4. The president featured on the fifty-dollar bill is  .

5. The reverse side of the U.S. one-dollar bill famously depicts the   and the  .

6. Thomas Jefferson is on the front of the U.S. two-dollar bill.

T

True

F

False

7. The U.S. quarter features the image of Theodore Roosevelt.

T

True

F

False

8. Explain why certain presidents were chosen to appear on U.S. currency.

Match the U.S. currency denomination with the correct president.

9. Five-dollar bill

 

a. Ulysses S. Grant

10. Ten-dollar bill

 

b. Abraham Lincoln

11. Twenty-dollar bill

 

c. Andrew Jackson

12. Fifty-dollar bill

 

d. Alexander Hamilton

United States one-hundred-dollar bill

13. Research and discuss the historical significance of Benjamin Franklin, who is featured on the one-hundred-dollar bill, even though he was never a president. What contributions did he make that led to his inclusion on U.S. currency?