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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who passed Universal health care?
George W. Bush
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Barack Obama
Maryland
2. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
George Washington
Abigail
James Madison
Bad
3. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
350
100
Barack Obama
4. James Madison's wife is famous for...
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Lyndon Johnson
$150000
5. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
8
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
No
William Henry Harrison
6. Who invaded Iraq?
Gerald Ford
60; unconstitutional
Lee Harvey Oswald
George W. Bush
7. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
They were classmates in college
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
270
8. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?
John Adams
French and Indian War
20
18
9. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
The Korean War
Social Security
Enola Gay
10. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
25
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S Truman
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
11. How many kids did John Tyler have?
November 1863
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
15
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
12. What war was George Washington in the military for?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
French and Indian War
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
13. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Kentucky; Log cabin
Lyndon Johnson
Jefferson Davis
14. which president was former head of CIA?
Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush
John Adams
Gerald Ford
15. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
Dallas - Texas
William Henry Harrison
George H. W. Bush
George Washington
16. What president had the watergate scandal?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Richard Nixon
Mary Todd-Lincoln
4
17. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
William Jefferson Clinton
Dallas - Texas
14
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
18. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
1803
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
8
19. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Zapruder film
John Quicy Adams
April 1917- November 1918
20. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
They were classmates in college
French and Indian War
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
21. Who is the current secretary of state?
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
William Howard Taft
22. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ford's Theater
Harry S Truman
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
23. Who was George Washington's wife?
35
Acting
Martha
Robert E. Lee
24. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
A support group of countries
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Confederate States of America
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
25. How many electors are in the electoral college?
Teddy Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
538
Hillary Clinton
26. Who supported manifest destiny?
The north were comunists and the south were not
8
James Polk
A gun
27. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
April 1917- November 1918
Yes
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
28. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Dwight David Eisenhower
30
England
29. Alien Acts
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
November
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
30. What is the inauguration date?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
January 20th
60; unconstitutional
31. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1814
Buffalo - New York
32. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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33. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
The Confederate States of America
270
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
34. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The president
35. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Harry S Truman
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Ronald Reagan
4
36. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
William McKinley
270
April 12th - 1861
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
37. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
1 million
Revolutionary War
South; north
William Jefferson Clinton
38. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
538
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Bad
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
39. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
The Vice President
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dental; medical
George H. W. Bush
40. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
William and Mary College
41. What is universal health care?
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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
Medical insurance for all americans
42. Who invaded Iraq?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Harry S Truman
Sexual harrassment
George W. Bush
43. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Jimmy Carter
The Gettysburg Address
Hillary Clinton
Sexual harrassment
44. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
1814
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Social Security
45. What is Camp David?
A 2nd home for the president
November 1863
William Jefferson Clinton
Europe
46. Where was William McKinley killed?
Andrew Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Buffalo - New York
47. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Woodrow Wilson
In their state's capital
Civil rights
Hillary Clinton
48. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
William and Mary College
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
49. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
$400000
50. Why did WWI happen?
None
Germany was attacking ships
The president
William Henry Harrison
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