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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. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






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






3. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






4. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






5. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






6. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






7. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






8. Where was George Washington born?






9. What year was the White House burnt down?






10. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






11. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






12. What was the league of nations?






13. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






14. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






15. What does NATO stand for?






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






17. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






18. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






19. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






20. Who was the first President during WWII?






21. Who was the only catholic president?






22. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






23. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






24. What is the inauguration date?






25. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






26. What state is Camp David in?






27. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






28. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






29. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






30. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






31. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






33. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






34. Who balanced the budget?






35. How many kids did John Tyler have?






36. What was the Banking Holiday?






37. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






38. How many electors are in the electoral college?






39. John Adams went to what college?






40. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






41. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






42. How was James Garfield killed?






43. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






44. What were the years of WWI?






45. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






46. Which president made the panama canal?






47. What is Camp David?






48. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






49. How many kids did George Washington have?






50. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.