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White House
This category is for questions and answers about the White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500. The White House is the home and workplace of the American president. It is also a major icon of American government.
2,080 Questions
Who were the first black people in the White House?
Most likely the first black to step foot in the white house was a slave.
How did they get the land for the White House?
George Washington himself found the land where Washington D.C. is located and designated it the location of the nations capitol. He had planners that decided where streets would be located as well as where the White House would be built.
Why was Frederick Douglass invited to the White House?
Douglas was invited to the White House to discuss grievances of the black soldiers.
Name a president who got divorced in white house?
No US president was ever divorced while in office. Reagan was divorced once, long before he became president; he was the only president to be divorced at all. Mrs. Ford was divorced before she became first lady.
How many rooms are there in the White House excluding the presidents room?
There are 131 rooms in the white house, excluding the presidents room.
Who is the only president to be elected to lower office after leaving the White House?
Both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson were elected to US Congress after their terms as President, Adams as a Representative for Massachusetts for 17 years, and Johnson as Senator for Tennessee for about five months.
What is the symbol that Grover Cleveland is famous for?
What were Grover Cleavland's accomplishments?
Who pays for White House Concerts?
The "In Performance at the White House" series was created by WETA Washington, D.C. The series producer is Jackson Frost. Corporate funding for the program is provided by Pepsi-Cola. Foundation support is provided by The Annenberg Foundation and the Anne Ray Charitable Trust. Major funding is also provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and public television viewers. Not your tax dollars
Why does the White House have 132 rooms?
The white house has 132 rooms because if a guset comes they will problay let them sleep in there but of coures visorts come and go but most of all they have the most rooms in any house because its the whitebhouse and its full of 132 rooms 28 fire places and 8 stair cases and 35 bathrooms just in case they take up all the bathrooms iup stairs the can go down staros to use the bathrooms in all regulation they have the most powerfull house in he univers the street is 16000 av and it in washington dc so that far away form the school that we are in right now and floow your dreams and succed in life like others in the world so this might and get your phd people you all sit like you own the world and wear all thies thght choles and your butts are out and stop saggins all your mama and pa is dead stop wth this nonsense and close stirp clubs down and byby to thes nasty ladies so to days lessons is stop with this non sesn
Do you all family live in the same house why why not?
No they do not because we don't want to live in one house.
What subject would you study if you wanted to know more of want goes on in the white house?
My name is tully Corachham I am not taken
When did former President Chester Arthur order renovation to the White House to be performed?
Chester Athur ordered renovations to begin when he took office in 1881, as soon as the recently widowed Lucretia Garfield had moved out. He was very hands on with this process and would often make suggestions and inspected the work daily.
Who was the only us president that didn't live in the white house and why?
Washington. It wasn't built when he was President.
Who was the first white house built by in 1788?
The first White House was built between 1792 and 1800 that was designed by James Hoban. Before it was finished, President John Adams and his wife moved into the White House.
Who changed executive mansion to white house?
It is still called the executive mansion in work orders to maintain it. It was always called the White House unofficially. Theodore Roosevelt was the first use the words, "White House" on his official stationery.
Name something you'd try to steal from a dinner party at the white house?
silverware
linens
china
food
crystals
There are three rooms in the white house for there color what were the names?
the red blue green room duuuh
How did the white house the US Capitol and Monticello display a national attitude?
They displayed an attitude because they were mean.
Where are the headquarters located for each branch of the US government?
The headquarters for each branch:
- Executive branch is the White House
- Legislative branch is the United States Capitolbuilding
- Judicial branch is the Supreme Court Building
Each is within a few blocks of the others in Washington, DC.
