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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 was the Berlin Airlift?






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






3. Who introduced disability benefits?






4. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






5. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






6. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






7. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






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






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






10. Who had the first death in office?






11. Where was George Washington born?






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






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






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






15. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






16. What war was George Washington in the military for?






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






18. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






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






21. Which president was the youngest to serve?






22. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






23. Who balanced the budget?






24. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






25. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






26. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






27. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






28. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






29. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






30. What are surviver benefits?






31. How many rooms in the white house?






32. Which president was the youngest to serve?






33. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






34. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






35. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






36. What does NATO stand for?






37. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






38. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






39. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






41. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






42. Who passed Universal health care?






43. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






44. Where did the civil war begin?






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






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






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






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






49. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






50. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?