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Permission is granted to reproduce this page for classroom
use.
Name(s): _________________________________________
You may use any resource in the room to answer the following questions. A good place to start might be the "Welcome to the White House" page or the "White House for Kids" page on the Internet.
Please answer all questions as completely as possible.
Bonus -- What did Harry S. Truman add to the White House? (Give dates and cost.)
- How many rooms are in the White House?
bathrooms?
floors?
windows?
- Who was the first President to live in the White House?
- When was the White House built?
Starting date:
Completion date:
- When was it burned and who burned it?
- Who designed it?
- How much did it cost to build?
- What has it been called besides the White House? (Give two other names.)
- What is it made of that makes it white?
- What kinds of animals have lived there? (List five Presidents, the kinds of pets they had, and their pets' names.)
- Some important personal events occurred in the White House.
Who got married there? (Name two.)
Who died in office? (Name two.)
Who was born there? (Name two.)
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