World Leaders and Politicians

Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest person to become president (at age 42), but among the choices provided, John F. Kennedy was the youngest elected president (at age 43).

• US President Truman formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in January 1949.
• It was set up to promote collective security during the Cold War.

Susan B. Anthony is a proper name and must be capitalized correctly. Option A fails to capitalize the middle initial, Option B fails to capitalize the name, and Option D has an extra capital letter at the end.

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, selected by the Committee of Five to draft the document.

President Ronald Reagan signed the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday into law on November 2, 1983.

António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, delivered the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in 2020.

The name Rolihlahla is Xhosa and literally translates to 'pulling the branch of a tree', which is colloquially understood as 'troublemaker'.

In 1994, South Africa held its first democratic, multiracial elections, in which Nelson Mandela was elected President.

Nelson Mandela was a lawyer, a political leader, and the President of South Africa, but he was not a medical doctor.

Abraham Lincoln was indeed the first president elected from the Republican Party, which had been formed in the mid-1850s.

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

The Mughal Empire used a system of mansabdars, who were local representatives and military commanders appointed by the emperor. Mansabdars held ranks (mansabs) and were responsible for collecting revenue and maintaining troops for the empire. This system was central to Mughal administrative control.

Alexander Hamilton served as the first Secretary of the Treasury and was instrumental in establishing the national financial system.

John Hancock, as President of the Continental Congress, signed his name very large on the Declaration of Independence so King George could read it without spectacles.

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. While Ben Franklin was on the Committee of Five, he did not write the document.