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• Excellent resources for reports and
research, with extensive, up-to-date articles
• New content added weekly
• Engaging, fun entries on kid-friendly
subjects, plus special daily features
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Best Educational Software Award (BESSIES)
“Middle School Database Website” category
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Education Software Review Award (EDDIES)
“Middle School Database Website” category
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“Entertaining is not a word usually applied to reference works…but
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Erasing the line between homework support and fun
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23 kid-friendly, curricular subject modules:
American History
Ancient Civilizations
NEW! Animal Behavior
Animals
Canadian Provinces
Career Ideas
NEW! Character Matters
Countries of the World
NEW! Energy Today
Famous People
The 50 States
NEW! Healthy Eating
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Holidays & Celebrations
Human Body
Our Planet Earth
Plants
Reader’s Corner
Space & Astronomy
Sports
U.S. Government
U.S. Presidents
World History
Writer’s Corner
Teacher Resources with
Lesson Plans
Use puzzles interactively
online or as printable
handouts. Answer keys
are included.
Engaging
videos and
images
Student Resources and
Homework Help
Timeline
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U.S. Presidents
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Reviewing the Main Events: U.S. Presidents at Historic Moments
Write the name of the correct president listed in the box to complete each sentence.
John Adams
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
George W. Bush
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
1. __________________ was the 16th president of the United States, who steered the
Union Army to victory in the Civil War and ended slavery.
2. __________________, the 43rd president, led the nation at the time of the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001.
3. __________________ was a lawyer who became the first vice-president and the
second president of the United States.
4. World War II began in 1939, but the United States didn’t enter the war until
Japanese bomber planes attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The president
then was __________________.
5. __________________ was president at the end of World War II and gave orders to
drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
6. __________________ was the first U.S. president and commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army during the American Revolution.
7. __________________ was a big supporter of the space program as vice president
and became president after John F. Kennedy was killed in 1963.
8. The United States entered World War I (1914-1917) in April 1917 when __________
_____________ was president. He won the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in
building the League of Nations.
9. __________________ doubled the size of the United States in a deal with France
that is famously called the Louisiana Purchase (1803).
10. __________________ served in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), was a general
during the Civil War (1861-1865), and became the 18th president of the United States.
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