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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What was reconstruction?






2. Who did fireside chats?






3. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






4. What war was George Washington in the military for?






5. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






6. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






7. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






8. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






9. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






10. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






11. Who was Deep Throat?






12. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






13. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






14. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






15. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






16. How many kids did John Tyler have?






17. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






18. How many kids did George Washington have?






19. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






20. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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21. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






22. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






23. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






24. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






25. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






26. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






27. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






28. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






29. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






30. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






31. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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32. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






33. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






34. Who introduced social security?






35. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






36. Who was the first President during WWII?






37. What is the address of the white house?






38. How many presidents died in office?






39. What is the address of the white house?






40. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






41. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






42. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






43. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






44. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






45. How was James Garfield killed?






46. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






47. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






48. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






49. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






50. Which president served the most terms?