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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
5
Polio
Thomas Jefferson
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
2. Who's son is Camp David named after?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Dwight David Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
3. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
Georgia
5
Teddy Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
4. What were John Adams's last words?
Zapruder film
Richard Nixon
The White House
Jefferson still survives
5. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
Andrew Jackson
William McKinley
4th
132
6. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Jefferson Davis
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The White House
7. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
1814
World War I
George W. Bush
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
8. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Massachusetts
Kentucky; Log cabin
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
9. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Andrew Jackson
Mom
10. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
4
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The Vice President
11. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Perjury and obstruction of justice
27
William Jefferson Clinton
12. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
George W. Bush
Perjury and obstruction of justice
The Vice President
13. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
Monroe
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Dwight David Eisenhower
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
14. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
30
Andrew Jackson
15. Who was a peanut farmer?
Enola Gay
Jimmy Carter
Dallas - Texas
20
16. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Andrew Jackson
He was shot
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
17. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Harry S Truman
Dallas - Texas
The White House
18. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Richard Nixon
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
19. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
William McKinley
Kentucky; Log cabin
8
20. How much money does the president earn per year?
Teddy Roosevelt
$400000
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Conspiracy
21. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Jimmy Carter
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Thomas Jefferson
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
23. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
French and Indian War
George Washington
444
November
24. What was the New Deal?
January 20th
Europe
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Revolutionary War
25. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
They were classmates in college
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Dallas - Texas
26. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
December 7th - 1941
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Adams
27. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
Ulysses S. Grant
None
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
28. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Daniel Inouye
New Mexico to California
270
The Civil War
29. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
England; sailors; products
The north were comunists and the south were not
1803
Monticello - Virginia
30. Who was the youngest elected president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Germany invaded Poland
31. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Richard Nixon
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
The north were comunists and the south were not
$400000
32. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Teddy Roosevelt
270
The Korean War
Thomas Jefferson
33. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
John Tyler
Monticello - Virginia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
January 1st - 1863
34. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
December 7th - 1941
Zapruder film
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
35. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Acting
Mount Vernon - Virginia
36. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
William McKinley
John Quicy Adams
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
37. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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38. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
He gets shot
Thomas Jefferson
39. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
The Vice President
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
40. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
4
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Woodrow Wilson
41. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
November
42. What are the people in the electoral college called?
1814
Electors
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
22 - 24
43. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
350
Lyndon Johnson
He gets shot
Europe
44. Who is the current speaker of the House?
John Boehner
The Vice President
William Howard Taft
Sexual harrassment
45. Why did WWII begin?
Germany invaded Poland
James Polk
1814
1
46. which president was former head of CIA?
John Adams
30
1814
George H. W. Bush
47. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4
5
George H. W. Bush
48. What is the address of the white house?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
East of Africa
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
49. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
The Civil War
William Jefferson Clinton
50. Who was the only president to resign?
Richard Nixon
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
22 - 24
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired