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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 was the most terms served by a president?






2. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






3. John Adams went to what college?






4. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






6. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






7. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






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






9. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






10. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






11. What was the nullification crisis?

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






13. Who had the shortest presidency?






14. Where was George Washington born?






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






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






17. How many electors are in the electoral college?






18. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






19. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






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






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






22. What were John Adams's last words?






23. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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24. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






25. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






26. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






27. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






29. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






30. What month is the election in?






31. Who was a peanut farmer?






32. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






33. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






34. Which presidents were cousins?






35. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






36. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






38. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






39. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






41. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






42. What college did George Washington go to?






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






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






45. What was the most terms served by a president?






46. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






47. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






48. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






49. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






50. How many rooms in the white house?