Presidents on U.S. Currency
Explore the history and significance of presidents featured on United States banknotes and coins.
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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?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
2. The portrait of Alexander Hamilton appears on which U.S. banknote?
$5 bill
$10 bill
$20 bill
$50 bill
3. Which coin features the profile of Abraham Lincoln?
Dime
Quarter
Penny
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.
True
False
7. The U.S. quarter features the image of Theodore Roosevelt.
True
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
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?