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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. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






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






3. What year was the White House burnt down?






4. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






5. Which president started the two term tradition?






6. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






7. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






8. What is the Electoral College?






9. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






10. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






11. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






12. What was reconstruction?






13. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






14. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






15. What was the Berlin Airlift?






16. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






17. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






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






19. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






20. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






21. Who was president during the Great depression?






22. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






23. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






24. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






26. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






28. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






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






30. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






32. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






33. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






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






35. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






36. Who balanced the budget?






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






38. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






39. Who's son is Camp David named after?






40. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






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






42. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






43. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






44. Who introduced social security?






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






46. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






47. Did we win the Spanish American War?






48. Alien Acts






49. Who was the first President during WWII?






50. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?