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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 the shortest presidency?






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






3. What was the nullification crisis?

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4. Who was the first President during WWII?






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






6. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






7. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






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






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






10. How many presidents died in office?






11. What was the Bay of Pigs?






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






13. Who had the first death in office?






14. Where was George Washington born?






15. Who was the first President during WWII?






16. What is the inauguration date?






17. Who was a peanut farmer?






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






19. What is the Electoral College?






20. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






22. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






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






24. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






25. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






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






27. What was the league of nations?






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






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






30. Where does the president live for free?






31. What is Camp David?






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






33. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






34. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






35. Do we vote directly for the president?






36. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






37. What is Camp David?






38. Who introduced surviver benefits?






39. How many presidents were killed in office?






40. Who is the current secretary of state?






41. How many presidents were killed in office?






42. What was the most terms served by a president?






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






44. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






45. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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46. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






47. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






48. Who introduced social security?






49. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






50. Who was the first VP?