Presidents on U.S. Currency
Explore the history and significance of U.S. Presidents featured on American banknotes and coins.
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Presidents on U.S. Currency
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. Some questions may require you to recall specific facts about U.S. currency and the historical figures depicted on them.
1. Which U.S. President is featured on the front of the one-dollar bill?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
2. The five-dollar bill features which U.S. President?
Ulysses S. Grant
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
3. The U.S. President found on the dime is .
4. is depicted on the fifty-dollar bill.
5. The back of the dollar bill features the Great Seal of the United States, while the front features .
6. Thomas Jefferson is featured on the two-dollar bill.
True
False
7. Benjamin Franklin was a U.S. President and is on the hundred-dollar bill.
True
False
8. Explain why certain historical figures, not all of whom were presidents, were chosen to appear on U.S. currency.
9. Discuss the significance of having historical figures on currency as a way to commemorate their contributions to American history.
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