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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. What are disability benefits?






2. What was the New Deal?






3. Who was George Washington's wife?






4. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






5. How many kids did George Washington have?






6. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






7. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






9. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






10. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






11. What was the Bay of Pigs?






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






13. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






14. How many kids did John Tyler have?






15. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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






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






18. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






19. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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20. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






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






22. What is the Electoral College?






23. Who was a peanut farmer?






24. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






25. What does NATO stand for?






26. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






28. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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29. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






30. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






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






33. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






35. Who had the first death in office?






36. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






37. Who was the youngest elected president?






38. Alien Acts






39. What was the nullification crisis?

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






41. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






42. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






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






44. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






45. What date did WWII begin?






46. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






47. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






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






49. Who is the current speaker of the House?






50. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.