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






2. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






3. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






5. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






6. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






7. Which president served the most terms?






8. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






9. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






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






11. Who was George Washington's wife?






12. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






13. Who was the only president to resign?






14. What president did the Berlin airlift?






15. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






16. What is the address of the white house?






17. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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18. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






20. When did we enter WWII?






21. Where does the president live for free?






22. Who was the first African American President?






23. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






24. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






25. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






26. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






27. How many electors are in the electoral college?






28. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






29. What is universal health care?






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






31. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






32. Which president made the panama canal?






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






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






35. What are disability benefits?






36. What was the Berlin Airlift?






37. Who did fireside chats?






38. Who invaded Iraq?






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






40. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






41. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






43. Who is the current secretary of state?






44. Which presidents were cousins?






45. What is Camp David?






46. Who is the current Vice President?






47. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






48. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






50. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?