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






2. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






3. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






4. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






6. Sedition acts






7. What date did the civil war begin?






8. What year was the White House burnt down?






9. What were fireside chats?






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






11. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






13. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






14. Where did the civil war begin?






15. Who was the youngest elected president?






16. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






17. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






18. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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19. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






20. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






21. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






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






24. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






26. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






27. Who was the first VP?






28. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






29. Who introduced disability benefits?






30. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






31. John Adams went to what college?






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






33. What state was John Adams from?






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






35. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






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






37. Why did WWI happen?






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






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






40. Who introduced social security?






41. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






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






43. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






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






45. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






47. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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48. What is the command of army act?






49. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






50. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)