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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Barack Obama
Dwight David Eisenhower
Kentucky; Log cabin
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval

2. Who invaded Iraq?
He was shot
Mary Todd-Lincoln
George W. Bush
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait

3. What was the nullification crisis?

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4. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
Georgia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
John Adams

5. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
September 1st - 1939
George Washington
Free the slaves in the south
27

6. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
8
Abraham Lincoln
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
He resigned before the impeachment trial

7. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
60; unconstitutional
Self
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
John Quicy Adams

8. Who was Deep Throat?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
William Henry Harrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
September 1st - 1939

9. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
60; unconstitutional
Gerald Ford
The Vice President
8

10. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
The president
French and Indian War
Mary Todd-Lincoln
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

11. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
A support group of countries
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
His wife
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President

12. Who was a peanut farmer?
Thus always to tyrants
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Jimmy Carter

13. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe Biden
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Since birth

14. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
They were classmates in college

15. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
100
Monroe
350
Richard Nixon

16. Who was president during the Great depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Richard Nixon

17. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
John Adams

18. What is Camp David?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
No
A 2nd home for the president
Harry S Truman

19. Who is the current speaker of the House?
Conspiracy
Andrew Jackson
None
John Boehner

20. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Barack Obama
Conspiracy
7; 11
Ulysses S. Grant

21. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Zapruder film
60; unconstitutional
Gerald Ford
James Madison

22. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
Maryland
Self
Yes

23. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Medical insurance for all americans
Ulysses S. Grant
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case

24. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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25. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Eleanor
Sexual harrassment
Massachusetts

26. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
They were classmates in college
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing

27. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
His 5th cousin
November

28. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
Kentucky; Log cabin
The Vice President
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Dental; medical

29. What president did the Berlin airlift?
Harry S Truman
Acting
Teddy Roosevelt
20

30. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Vice President
Robert E. Lee

31. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Jefferson still survives
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
4th
Richard Nixon

32. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
The president
Lyndon Johnson
The Gettysburg Address
William Jefferson Clinton

33. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
The south
The Korean War
Harry S Truman

34. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
His 5th cousin
Teddy Roosevelt
Germany invaded Poland
Dwight David Eisenhower

35. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
January 20th
18
Dallas - Texas

36. What college did George Washington go to?
None
27
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln

37. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Harry S Truman
He gets shot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

38. How did William McKinley die?
Revolutionary War
444
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
He was shot

39. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
George Washington
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

40. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Civil War
7; 11
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million

41. Who balanced the budget?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
2
John Adams
William Jefferson Clinton

42. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
James Madison
William Henry Harrison

43. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Monroe
No
William Jefferson Clinton
Harry S Truman

44. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
George W. Bush
Dwight David Eisenhower
Speeches given for hope

45. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
Buffalo - New York
John Adams
1

46. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
Since birth
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Jefferson still survives
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii

47. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
England
The south

48. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
350
4th
George Washington
14

49. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Andrew Jackson
Polio
Gerald Ford
27

50. How much money does the president earn per year?
$400000
Ulysses S. Grant
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
1 million