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White House Use the following web site to find your answers. www.historychannel.com/classroom/whitehouse/index.html

1. Who was the first president to live in the White House? 2. When did he move in? 3. What president was so heavy that he once got stuck in a White House bathtub? 4. When did the White House officially take the name “White House”? 5. What year was running water installed in the White House? 6. When was electricity first installed in the White House? 7. Who once rode in the White House elevator on his horse? 8. What president’s daughter held her senior prom at the White House? 9. Which president once gambled away a complete set of White House china? 10. Who was the only president to get married in the White House? 11. Which president claimed he saw Lincoln’s ghost in the White House? 12. When John and Abigail Adams moved into the White House it was not yet finished. The plaster was made from what two types of hair? 13. The wallpaper paste was made from what two ingredients? 14. What president’s wife saved many important artifacts and documents when the British set the White House on fire in 1814?

from Mr. White's Lab http://www.willard.k12.oh.us/mrwhitescomputerlab/index.html