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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






2. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






3. John Adams went to what college?






4. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






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






6. Where was George Washington born?






7. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






8. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






9. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






10. Did we win the Spanish American War?






11. What year was the White House burnt down?






12. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






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






14. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






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






17. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






19. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






20. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






22. What was the Bay of Pigs?






23. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






24. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






25. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






26. Who passed Universal health care?






27. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






29. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






31. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






32. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






33. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






34. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






35. Who was a peanut farmer?






36. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






38. How many presidents died in office?






39. What year was the White House burnt down?






40. How many former vice presidents have become president?






41. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






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






43. How many years is a presidential term?






44. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






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






46. What were John Adams's last words?






47. Which presidents were cousins?






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






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






50. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?