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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. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






2. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






3. How many kids did John Tyler have?






4. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






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






6. Who invaded Iraq?






7. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






8. Where did the civil war begin?






9. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






10. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






11. What was the league of nations?






12. Who is the current secretary of state?






13. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






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






15. What was the nullification crisis?

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






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






18. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






19. What are disability benefits?






20. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






21. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






22. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






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






24. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






26. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






27. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






28. What president had the watergate scandal?






29. What were John Adams's last words?






30. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






32. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






33. When did we enter WWII?






34. Where was George Washington born?






35. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






36. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






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






38. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






39. Why did WWII begin?






40. What president did the Berlin airlift?






41. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






42. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






43. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






44. What state is Camp David in?






45. What is Camp David?






46. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






47. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






48. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






49. What is the Electoral College?






50. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.