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






2. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






3. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






4. What is the Electoral College?






5. How many presidents died in office?






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






7. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






8. How many former vice presidents have become president?






9. Why did we invade Iraq?

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10. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






11. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






12. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






14. What were John Adams's last words?






15. What is universal health care?






16. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






17. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






18. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






19. How much money does the president earn per year?






20. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






21. Which president created the University of Virgina?






22. What were fireside chats?






23. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






25. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






26. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






28. What was the league of nations?






29. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






30. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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31. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






32. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






33. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






34. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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35. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






36. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






37. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






38. What is Camp David?






39. What year was the White House burnt down?






40. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






41. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






43. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






44. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






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






46. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






47. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






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






49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






50. Who invaded Iraq?