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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Why did WWI happen?
100
538
James Madison
Germany was attacking ships

2. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC

3. Who was the first President during WWII?
The government
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
5
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

4. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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5. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
1814
None
John Adams
20

6. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Teddy Roosevelt
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S Truman

7. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
6'4'
2
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
444

8. Who invaded Iraq?
Abraham Lincoln
George W. Bush
Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama

9. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Joe Biden
James Polk

10. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
350
1 million
538
William Jefferson Clinton

11. What does NATO stand for?
0
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Abigail
He resigned before the impeachment trial

12. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Germany invaded Poland
22 - 24
George H. W. Bush
He resigned before the impeachment trial

13. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
In their state's capital
The Vice President
John Hinkley Jr.

14. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
Monroe
Peterson House; the next morning
27
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully

15. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Jefferson still survives
Electors
George H. W. Bush
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin

16. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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17. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
John Tyler
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jimmy Carter

18. Why did we invade Iraq?

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19. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
His 5th cousin
Universal health care
Revolutionary War

20. Which presidents were cousins?
William Jefferson Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His 5th cousin

21. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
The White House
Medical insurance for all americans
Dallas - Texas
Acting

22. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
1814
Gerald Ford
In their state's capital
Buffalo - New York

23. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
April 12th - 1861
April 1917- November 1918
2
Harry S Truman

24. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Europe
James Polk
Thomas Jefferson
No

25. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
35
4th
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska

26. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
Maine and Nebraska
William Henry Harrison
Dwight David Eisenhower
18

27. How many electors are in the electoral college?
Jimmy Carter
538
The Korean War
South; north

28. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Thomas Jefferson
England
The north were comunists and the south were not
The Vice President

29. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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30. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
USA
Thus always to tyrants
Abigail

31. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
The Gettysburg Address
Abigail
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth

32. Who was the youngest elected president?
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Quicy Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
No

33. What was the Banking Holiday?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter

34. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
270

35. What was the Bay of Pigs?
1 million
Teddy Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826

36. Who was the first VP?
John Adams
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
The south
444

37. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
John Boehner
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Lyndon Johnson

38. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
Gerald Ford
Barack Obama
Acting
James Madison

39. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
1814
Abraham Lincoln
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
A support group of countries

40. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The government
444
East of Africa

41. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
The Civil War
Jefferson still survives
He resigned before the impeachment trial

42. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
27
He gets shot
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us

43. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Social Security

44. What is Camp David?
A 2nd home for the president
Massachusetts
The president
Jimmy Carter

45. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Revolutionary War
George W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon

46. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
444
A support group of countries
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
2

47. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
60; unconstitutional
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
15 million
Harry S Truman

48. How many presidents were killed in office?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Joe Biden
$150000
4

49. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
John Adams
15
Perjury and obstruction of justice

50. Who was George Washington's wife?
December 7th - 1941
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Civil rights
Martha