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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
His 5th cousin
No
April 12th - 1861
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Andrew Johnson
Europe
Monticello - Virginia
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
3. What were the years of WWI?
1914-1918
George Washington
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Richard Nixon
4. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Richard Nixon
Dolley
The north were comunists and the south were not
5. Did we win the Spanish American War?
The government
15 million
Yes
The north and the south were split up
6. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
The Vice President
George Washington
27
John Adams
7. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Ford's Theater
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
James Madison
9. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
William Jefferson Clinton
25
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
15 million
10. Where does the president live for free?
The White House
25
4
2
11. What is universal health care?
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Medical insurance for all americans
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
4th
12. What was the league of nations?
15 million
The north were comunists and the south were not
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Mary Todd-Lincoln
13. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Harry S Truman
18
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Polio
14. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
Bad
World War I
A 2nd home for the president
In their state's capital
15. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
New Mexico to California
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
1 million
16. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Andrew Johnson
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Woodrow Wilson
Perjury and obstruction of justice
17. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Since birth
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Monticello - Virginia
18. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Eleanor
60; unconstitutional
George Washington
Richard Nixon
19. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
Ronald Reagan
Harry S Truman
USA
He resigned before the impeachment trial
20. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Europe
Gerald Ford
21. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
4th
4
Daniel Inouye
Since birth
22. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
Gerald Ford
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Conspiracy
George W. Bush
23. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Dallas - Texas
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
South; north
24. Why did we invade Iraq?
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25. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
The Vice President
444
East of Africa
Barack Obama
26. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
Woodrow Wilson
England
Teddy Roosevelt
Social Security
27. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
Ulysses S. Grant
14
22 - 24
270
28. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
The Korean War
He gets shot
35
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
29. What transportation does the president get?
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
30. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Barack Obama
The Civil War
Richard Nixon
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
31. Who had the first death in office?
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Sexual harrassment
32. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
4
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
33. Which presidents were cousins?
Since birth
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Lyndon Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
34. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
Barack Obama
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
270
14
35. Why did WWII begin?
James Madison
Dental; medical
Germany invaded Poland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
36. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
No
The president
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Ronald Reagan
37. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Civil War
Jimmy Carter
8
38. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 million
39. How many presidents died in office?
Lyndon Johnson
Maryland
Monticello - Virginia
8
40. Why did WWI happen?
Dolley
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany was attacking ships
Germany invaded Poland
41. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
42. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Robert E. Lee
East of Africa
John Hinkley Jr.
Teddy Roosevelt
43. Where was George Washington born?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Dental; medical
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
A 2nd home for the president
44. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
In their state's capital
X-ray
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
20
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
The north were comunists and the south were not
2
46. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
The Korean War
Kentucky; Log cabin
John Tyler
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
47. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
A gun
20
John Adams
538
48. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Quicy Adams
Andrew Jackson
49. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Alien and sedition acts
14
100
50. What is the Electoral College?
Martha
Social Security
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait