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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. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






2. How many presidents died in office?






3. What was the nullification crisis?

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4. Who's son is Camp David named after?






5. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






6. Where do electors vote?

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7. 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 ________.






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






9. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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10. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






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






12. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






13. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






14. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






15. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






16. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






17. Which president was the youngest to serve?






18. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






20. Where was William McKinley killed?






21. What president had the watergate scandal?






22. Which president started the two term tradition?






23. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






24. Why did we invade Iraq?

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25. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






26. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






27. What were John Adams's last words?






28. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






29. What is the command of army act?






30. Who is the current speaker of the House?






31. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






32. Who was our president during the Korean war?






33. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






34. Where was George Washington born?






35. Did we win the Spanish American War?






36. Who introduced disability benefits?






37. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






39. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






40. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






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






43. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






44. Who was the first African American President?






45. How many years is a presidential term?






46. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






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






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






49. How many rooms in the white house?






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