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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 was president for the persian gulf war?






2. What were the years of WWI?






3. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






4. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






5. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






6. Who supported manifest destiny?






7. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






8. Sedition acts






9. Which president was the youngest to serve?






10. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






11. What is universal health care?






12. Who was the first African American President?






13. What state is Camp David in?






14. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






15. What war was George Washington in the military for?






16. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






17. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






18. Who was the only catholic president?






19. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






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






21. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






22. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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23. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






24. Which president started the two term tradition?






25. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






26. What date did WWII begin?






27. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






28. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






29. What is universal health care?






30. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






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






32. How many years is a presidential term?






33. Why did WWII begin?






34. Who was the first VP?






35. What college did George Washington go to?






36. Where does the president live for free?






37. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






38. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






39. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






40. What president had the watergate scandal?






41. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






42. Who invaded Iraq?






43. Who was George Washington's wife?






44. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






45. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






46. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






47. Who was the first VP?






48. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






49. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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50. What is the inauguration date?