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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Conspiracy
The north and the south were split up
Dolley
2. What month is the election in?
November
Mary Todd-Lincoln
14
Enola Gay
3. What was the league of nations?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
4. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
Teddy Roosevelt
Since birth
Dwight David Eisenhower
World War I
5. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Georgia
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
6. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
The Confederate States of America
Teddy Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
7. What is the Electoral College?
Speeches given for hope
John Boehner
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
8. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
4
Yes
James Polk
9. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
Gerald Ford
The Gettysburg Address
Jefferson Davis
George Washington
10. Why did WWI happen?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Monroe
Germany was attacking ships
Richard Nixon
11. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
27
Speeches given for hope
Monticello - Virginia
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
12. How many electors are in the electoral college?
Andrew Jackson
538
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
April 1917- November 1918
13. Who was our president during the Korean war?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight David Eisenhower
14. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
Acting
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
15 million
15. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
4
1
January 1st - 1863
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
16. Why did we enter WWII?
James Madison
Teddy Roosevelt
27
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
17. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
James Madison
4th
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Richard Nixon
18. What president had the watergate scandal?
Social Security
132
Richard Nixon
$150000
19. What were fireside chats?
Speeches given for hope
Alien and sedition acts
0
1
20. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
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
John Boehner
Conspiracy
21. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Universal health care
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. How many presidents died in office?
8
1 million
The Civil War
World War I
23. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
A support group of countries
Kentucky; Log cabin
April 12th - 1861
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
24. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Andrew Jackson
World War I
John Wilkes Booth
25. What war was George Washington in the military for?
Dwight David Eisenhower
French and Indian War
William Jefferson Clinton
Germany invaded Poland
26. What was the Bay of Pigs?
His wife
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
8
Barack Obama
27. Who had the shortest presidency?
Conspiracy
25
William Henry Harrison
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
28. What month and day do we vote for the president?
2
Jefferson still survives
20
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
29. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
1814
1914-1918
Martha
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
30. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
George H. W. Bush
East of Africa
January 20th
270
31. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Barack Obama
James Madison
George Washington
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Teddy Roosevelt
Eleanor
Mom
33. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Speeches given for hope
132
John Adams
34. What was reconstruction?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Abraham Lincoln
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
4
35. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
1803
They were classmates in college
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
36. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
The government
Medical insurance for all americans
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
14
37. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
1
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Teddy Roosevelt
His wife
38. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
4th
39. Who was the first President during WWII?
1803
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
40. Who was the first VP?
Woodrow Wilson
Civil War
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
41. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
England - France - Russia - USA
Jefferson Davis
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Dallas - Texas
42. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
4
South; north
27
Since birth
43. Who was a peanut farmer?
1803
Jimmy Carter
James Madison
The Confederate States of America
44. how many years is a score?
Daniel Inouye
Zapruder film
Mary Todd-Lincoln
20
45. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
Ulysses S. Grant
William and Mary College
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
The Vice President
46. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
William Jefferson Clinton
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
His 5th cousin
Yes
47. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Monroe
48. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
John Adams
April 12th - 1861
Ulysses S. Grant
Richard Nixon
49. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight David Eisenhower
December 7th - 1941
50. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
James Madison
A support group of countries
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged