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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
Jimmy Carter
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Teddy Roosevelt

2. Who had the first death in office?
April 1917- November 1918
William Henry Harrison
Lyndon Johnson
0

3. Who was the only catholic president?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The north were comunists and the south were not
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
His wife

4. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
England
Germany invaded Poland
French and Indian War
Maine and Nebraska

5. What college did George Washington go to?
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The Vice President
None
Ronald Reagan

6. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Germany invaded Poland
January 1st - 1863
Gerald Ford
Lee Harvey Oswald

7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Monticello - Virginia
Germany invaded Poland
15 million
4th

8. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
William McKinley

9. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Gettysburg Address
Ulysses S. Grant

10. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Ford's Theater
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
20
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country

11. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
538
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
John Tyler
Germany - Hungary - Turkey

12. Who invaded Iraq?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Martha
George W. Bush

13. Who was president during the Great depression?
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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
A support group of countries

14. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
His 5th cousin
Thomas Jefferson

15. What date did WWII begin?
September 1st - 1939
April 12th - 1861
35
14

16. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
George W. Bush
They were classmates in college

17. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Lyndon Johnson
Polio
Ronald Reagan
1

18. How many presidents were killed in office?
Robert E. Lee
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

19. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
World War I
4
Harry S Truman

20. How did William McKinley die?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
George H. W. Bush
He was shot

21. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
Peterson House; the next morning
George W. Bush
Speeches given for hope
Maine and Nebraska

22. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
Monticello - Virginia
John Tyler
East of Africa
James Polk

23. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
18
Dwight David Eisenhower
35
William Henry Harrison

24. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
His wife

25. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
New Mexico to California
Electors
Acting
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

26. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
James Madison
Georgia
Andrew Johnson
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired

27. Who was the only president to resign?
Medical insurance for all americans
Andrew Jackson
Richard Nixon
Harry S Truman

28. How many kids did John Tyler have?
60; unconstitutional
15
Teddy Roosevelt
His 5th cousin

29. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Thomas Jefferson
20
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged

30. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
James Madison
Gerald Ford
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Europe

31. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
8
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon

32. What was the most terms served by a president?
4
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
No
Dwight David Eisenhower

33. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
November
Barack Obama
James Madison

34. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
January 1st - 1863
Dwight David Eisenhower

35. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Eleanor
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Boehner

36. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Thomas Jefferson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Harry S Truman
Perjury and obstruction of justice

37. Who was the first African American President?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Mary Todd-Lincoln
$150000
Barack Obama

38. Who was the first VP?
John Adams
Dental; medical
Gerald Ford
South; north

39. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Bad
4
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
James Madison

40. What does NATO stand for?
The north were comunists and the south were not
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
The Gettysburg Address

41. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
The president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
100

42. How many kids did George Washington have?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Harry S Truman
0
Martha

43. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Dwight David Eisenhower
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Europe
Barack Obama

44. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
$400000
Massachusetts
The president
William Henry Harrison

45. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
538
John Quicy Adams
8
Kentucky; Log cabin

46. Which president served the most terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
No
6'4'
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval

47. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
20
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
George H. W. Bush
Providing a backup place for military plane landing

48. Alien Acts
Woodrow Wilson
Georgia
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Teddy Roosevelt

49. What was the nullification crisis?

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50. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Teddy Roosevelt
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
England - France - Russia - USA
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves