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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. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






2. Why did WWI happen?






3. Who balanced the budget?






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






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






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






7. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






8. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






10. Who was our president during the Korean war?






11. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






12. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






13. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






14. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






16. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






17. Where does the president live for free?






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






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






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






21. What date did the civil war begin?






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






23. What was the Bay of Pigs?






24. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






25. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






26. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






27. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






28. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






29. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






30. Who was a peanut farmer?






31. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






32. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






33. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






34. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






36. Who was a peanut farmer?






37. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






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






39. How many years is a presidential term?






40. What were fireside chats?






41. Alien Acts






42. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






43. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






45. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






46. What were fireside chats?






47. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






49. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






50. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?