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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
Dental; medical
X-ray
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
2. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
5
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Mom
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Jimmy Carter
4. Why did we enter WWII?
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
60; unconstitutional
The north were comunists and the south were not
5. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Joe Biden
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Harvard
Sexual harrassment
6. What are the people in the electoral college called?
November 1863
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Electors
7. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Maine and Nebraska
1914-1918
New Mexico to California
8. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
The Confederate States of America
Zapruder film
Peterson House; the next morning
9. What war was George Washington in the military for?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Barack Obama
John Boehner
French and Indian War
10. What are disability benefits?
Bad
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William and Mary College
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
11. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Conspiracy
12. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
4
X-ray
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Free the slaves in the south
13. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
22 - 24
William and Mary College
Hillary Clinton
270
14. Who balanced the budget?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
William Jefferson Clinton
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
4th
15. How did William McKinley die?
November 22nd - 1963
He was shot
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
Harry S Truman
16. how many years is a score?
Lyndon Johnson
20
538
He was shot
17. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
1
Monticello - Virginia
The south
18. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Barack Obama
November 1863
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
19. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
April 1917- November 1918
Bad
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
His 5th cousin
20. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Abigail
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
James Madison
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
21. Who invaded Iraq?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
22. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Harry S Truman
The Civil War
James Madison
Barack Obama
23. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Gerald Ford
November 1863
John Boehner
Teddy Roosevelt
24. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
30
William and Mary College
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
The south
25. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Monroe
The Civil War
Zapruder film
Medical insurance for all americans
26. What was the New Deal?
Acting
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
27. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
James Madison
November 1863
Barack Obama
Jefferson still survives
28. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
The Gettysburg Address
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
100
Alien and sedition acts
29. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Woodrow Wilson
35
Harry S Truman
Jimmy Carter
30. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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31. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
The Vice President
8
X-ray
Hillary Clinton
32. How many kids did John Tyler have?
Yes
15
Teddy Roosevelt
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
33. Who was the only president to resign?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Bad
Richard Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
34. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
Germany invaded Poland
A support group of countries
The White House
$400000
35. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
4th
$400000
132
Germany was attacking ships
36. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Teddy Roosevelt
14
100
37. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Abigail
Thomas Jefferson
538
Lyndon Johnson
38. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
He resigned before the impeachment trial
8
Dwight David Eisenhower
39. What was the camp david accords?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
John Wilkes Booth
East of Africa
Buffalo - New York
40. Who was the youngest elected president?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Self
60; unconstitutional
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
41. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
He gets shot
April 1917- November 1918
William Jefferson Clinton
November 1863
42. Who was the first President during WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Civil rights
8
No
43. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
1914-1918
$400000
Kentucky; Log cabin
No
44. What date did the civil war begin?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
April 12th - 1861
Dwight David Eisenhower
Acting
45. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
46. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
January 20th
Acting
April 1917- November 1918
England - France - Russia - USA
47. What does NATO stand for?
Barack Obama
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Harry S Truman
November 22nd - 1963
48. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
The Civil War
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
49. What is the command of army act?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Andrew Jackson
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The north were comunists and the south were not
50. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
The north were comunists and the south were not
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Alien and sedition acts
Teddy Roosevelt