Presidents and Their First Ladies, dramatically speaking
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John and Abigail Adams
President and First Lady March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801
 
Who was older John or Abigail?__________                                                                                                                       
Whose family was more noted and respected? ______________                                                                                               
What occupation did John want to be when he was young? __________________                                                                         
Name two professions of John Adams    1_______________________   2___________________________
Abigail gave birth to how many children? _____________How many died young? _______________
What relationship was John to Sam Adams, a founder of the Sons of Liberty? ___________________
Did John Adams defend the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre in court? ___________________
Was John Adams a representative to the Continental Congress? _______________________________
Who ran the farm when John was away? ___________________________________________________    
Whom did Abigail want John “to remember” when “making a new code of laws”?_________________                              
What three things did John want Abigail to teach their children? 1______________________________                                                      
                                                            2                                                           3  _____________________________                                                   
Did Abigail believe that slavery was right? ___________________                                                                                                 
On how many committees did John serve?                On how many was he chairman? __________                       
Who was called “The Atlas of American Independence”? ______________________                                                                         
On what date was Independence declared from Great Britain? ________________________                                                                
On what date was the Declaration of Independence passed?                             Signed?___________________                                          
Did Abigail have a difficult time in receiving the letters John wrote to her? _________________________                                      
John was to negotiate treaties of peace & commerce with what nation? _______________________________                                             
From what nation did John obtain loans for the United States?  __________________________________                                                              
Did Abigail join John when he was Minister to England?______________                                                                           
With whom did John become friends while serving in England? ______________________________                                                            
To what office was John elected in 1789?_________________________________                                                                                                        
What office did John begin serving in March, 1797? ________________________________                                                                                
With what country did we have an “undeclared war” while John was President? ______________________________                              
List two things that were allowed under the Alien and Sedition Acts.
1________________________________________________2______________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
What prevented Abigail from staying in Philadelphia? ____________________________________________                                                                            
Did John depend on, and confide in, Abigail while he was President?  _________________                                                   
What did John say was his “greatest accomplishment as President?_______________________________________                                                       
How many terms did John Adams serve as President? _________________                                                                                
Which two older Adams children died? 1(alcoholism)                            2(cancer) ___________________                                 
With which of their children did Abigail have the closest relationship?________________________                                              
Who died along with John on July 4, 1826? __________________________________