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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 is the family Medical Leave Act?






2. Who introduced disability benefits?






3. Who was the first VP?






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






5. How was James Garfield killed?






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






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






8. What are surviver benefits?






9. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






10. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






11. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






12. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






13. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






14. Who was the first African American President?






15. Who is the current speaker of the House?






16. Sedition acts






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






18. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






19. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






20. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






21. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






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






23. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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

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25. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






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






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






28. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






29. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






30. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






31. How many kids did John Tyler have?






32. What was the camp david accords?






33. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






34. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






35. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






36. Where was William McKinley killed?






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






38. How many presidents died in office?






39. Which president created the University of Virgina?






40. Who introduced social security?






41. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






43. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






44. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






45. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






46. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






47. What month is the election in?






48. What is the Electoral College?






49. Do we vote directly for the president?






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