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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






2. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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3. Who is the current Vice President?






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






5. Who introduced social security?






6. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






8. Who was the first President during WWII?






9. How many electors are in the electoral college?






10. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






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






12. Which presidents were cousins?






13. Which president was former ambassador to China?






14. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






15. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






16. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






17. Who was a peanut farmer?






18. Sedition acts






19. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






20. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






21. What are surviver benefits?






22. What date did WWII begin?






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






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






25. What is the inauguration date?






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






27. Who did fireside chats?






28. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






29. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






30. Who was the first President during WWII?






31. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






32. What is the Truman Doctrine?






33. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






34. Who introduced disability benefits?






35. Which president served the most terms?






36. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






37. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






38. Alien Acts






39. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






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






42. Where was George Washington born?






43. What was the Bay of Pigs?






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






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






46. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






47. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






48. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






50. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?