Symbols & Monuments Worksheet 1

Symbols & Monuments Worksheet 1

NAME:…………………………………………

Date: …………………………….

Questions:

1. The construction of Abraham Lincoln Memorial started in ………………
2. The Abraham Lincoln Memorial is ……….. tall and ………. long.
3. ……………………………………is the only U.S. President who never lived in the White House.
4. …………………………….was the first U.S. President to move into the White House with his family.
5. The Washington Monument was designed by Architect ………………………………….
6. Height of the Washington Monument is ……………………………………………….
7. Mount Rushmore has facial sculptures of …………………………, ………………………….., …………………………, and ……………………………………….
8. The sculptor who worked on Mount Rushmore was …………………………………
9. Work on the new capitol building, Capitol Hill began on…………………………………………
10. The Statue of Liberty was given to America by ………………….. as a gift.
11. The Statue of Liberty was designed by the sculptor ……………………………………………

Answers:

1. February 1914
2. 80 feet, 188 feet
3. George Washington
4. John Adams
5. Robert Mills
6. 555 feet 5 1/8 inches
7. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt 
8. John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum 
9. September 18, 1793
10. France
11. Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi