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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
Teddy Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
444
No
2. What were John Adams's last words?
Jefferson still survives
William Jefferson Clinton
Universal health care
Thus always to tyrants
3. What year was the White House burnt down?
Joe Biden
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1814
1803
4. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Since birth
John Adams
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
15 million
5. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
Speeches given for hope
Thomas Jefferson
John Tyler
Dental; medical
6. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
William Henry Harrison
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
7. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Civil War
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
8. What were fireside chats?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
George Washington
Speeches given for hope
Thomas Jefferson
9. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
538
Woodrow Wilson
Gerald Ford
1803
10. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Lyndon Johnson
Since birth
538
Teddy Roosevelt
11. How many electors are in the electoral college?
Europe
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
538
Teddy Roosevelt
12. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
USA
13. Sedition acts
X-ray
John Hinkley Jr.
Richard Nixon
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
14. Who balanced the budget?
Massachusetts
Teddy Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
William Jefferson Clinton
15. Which president served the most terms?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
January 20th
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
16. What are disability benefits?
George Washington
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
100
James Madison
17. which president was former head of CIA?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
35
George H. W. Bush
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
18. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter
Since birth
He resigned before the impeachment trial
19. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Massachusetts
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
444
Revolutionary War
20. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
Thus always to tyrants
14
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
15
21. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
15 million
Teddy Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
22. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
William Jefferson Clinton
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
No
4
23. How many electors are in the electoral college?
538
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
John Quicy Adams
24. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
2
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Georgia
George Washington
26. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
November 1863
Germany was attacking ships
27. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
$400000
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
His wife
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
28. What were the years of WWI?
New Mexico to California
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
1914-1918
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
29. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
1 million
John Wilkes Booth
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
30. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
Georgia
4
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
31. What month is the election in?
A gun
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
November
32. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
Thomas Jefferson
Hillary Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
33. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Eleanor
14
34. How many former vice presidents have become president?
Martha
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Mom
14
35. Who did fireside chats?
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Civil War
No
36. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
No
$150000
Europe
William Jefferson Clinton
37. What was the league of nations?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Kentucky; Log cabin
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
38. Where was William McKinley killed?
Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo - New York
England
Barack Obama
39. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
James Madison
Mary Todd-Lincoln
444
James Madison
40. Who invaded Iraq?
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
George W. Bush
Teddy Roosevelt
The government
41. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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42. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Thomas Jefferson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Harry S Truman
4
43. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Bad
Teddy Roosevelt
William and Mary College
27
44. Why did WWI happen?
Germany was attacking ships
George H. W. Bush
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
132
The Vice President
Perjury and obstruction of justice
He gets shot
46. Where did the civil war begin?
The south
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Abraham Lincoln
15 million
47. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
New Mexico to California
4
November
James Madison
48. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Georgia
The Vice President
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
He resigned before the impeachment trial
49. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
Zapruder film
John Tyler
John Quicy Adams
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
50. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Thomas Jefferson
X-ray
Dwight David Eisenhower
1803