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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. What does NATO stand for?






2. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






3. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






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






5. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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6. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






7. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






8. Who is the current Vice President?






9. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






10. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






11. Sedition acts






12. What are disability benefits?






13. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






14. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






16. What is the Truman Doctrine?






17. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






18. Who was the first President during WWII?






19. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






20. What was the New Deal?






21. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






22. How many presidents were killed in office?






23. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






24. What is the command of army act?






25. What was the camp david accords?






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






27. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






28. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






29. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






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






31. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






32. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






33. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






34. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






36. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






37. What were fireside chats?






38. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






39. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






40. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






41. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






42. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






43. James Madison's wife is famous for...






44. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






45. Where do electors vote?

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46. Where was William McKinley killed?






47. which president was former head of CIA?






48. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






50. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?