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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. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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2. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






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






4. Who introduced surviver benefits?






5. What transportation does the president get?






6. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






7. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






8. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






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






10. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






12. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






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






14. What was the most terms served by a president?






15. What is the address of the white house?






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






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






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






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






20. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






22. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






23. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






24. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






25. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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

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27. Who balanced the budget?






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






29. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






30. Which president served the most terms?






31. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






32. How many former vice presidents have become president?






33. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






35. What was reconstruction?






36. Who was a peanut farmer?






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






38. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






39. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






41. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






42. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






43. Who was the only president to resign?






44. Where did the civil war begin?






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






46. What were the years of WWI?






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






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






49. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






50. What was the Banking Holiday?