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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






2. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






3. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






4. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






5. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






6. What was the Berlin Airlift?






7. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






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






9. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






10. What date did the civil war begin?






11. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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12. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






13. How old do you have to be to be president?






14. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






15. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






16. John Adams went to what college?






17. What month and day do we vote for the president?






18. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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19. Which presidents were cousins?






20. Who is the current secretary of state?






21. How many kids did John Tyler have?






22. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






23. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






24. What were fireside chats?






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






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






27. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






28. Who was the only catholic president?






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






30. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






31. What president had the watergate scandal?






32. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






33. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






34. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






36. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






37. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






38. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






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






40. Which president created the University of Virgina?






41. Who did the Banking Holiday?






42. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






44. Who passed Universal health care?






45. Sedition acts






46. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






47. What state is Camp David in?






48. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






49. Who introduced disability benefits?






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