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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






2. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






4. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






5. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






6. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






7. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






8. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






9. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






10. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






11. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






12. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






13. Who passed Universal health care?






14. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






15. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






16. What were fireside chats?






17. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






18. Which president served the most terms?






19. How many rooms in the white house?






20. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






21. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






22. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






23. Alien Acts






24. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






25. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






26. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






27. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






28. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






29. Who was president during the Great depression?






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






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






32. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






33. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






34. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






35. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






36. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






37. What was the New Deal?






38. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






39. Sedition acts






40. How many rooms in the white house?






41. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






42. Who was Deep Throat?






43. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






44. What was the Berlin Airlift?






45. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






46. Who did fireside chats?






47. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






48. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






49. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






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







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