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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. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






2. Who was a peanut farmer?






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






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






5. What was the league of nations?






6. How many former vice presidents have become president?






7. Who had the first death in office?






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






9. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






11. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






13. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






14. Who was the first President during WWII?






15. Who had the shortest presidency?






16. What president did the Berlin airlift?






17. Why did WWI happen?






18. Who was president during the Great depression?






19. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






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






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






22. Who was the only president to resign?






23. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






24. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






25. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






26. Who was George Washington's wife?






27. What were the years of WWI?






28. What was the New Deal?






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






30. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






31. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






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






33. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






34. Which president was former ambassador to China?






35. Who is the current Vice President?






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






37. What is the command of army act?






38. What was the Banking Holiday?






39. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






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






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






42. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






43. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






44. 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)






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






46. Which president was former ambassador to China?






47. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






48. Why did we enter WWII?






49. Who invaded Iraq?






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