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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 did the monroe doctrine say?

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






3. Where did the civil war begin?






4. How many electors are in the electoral college?






5. What was the nullification crisis?

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6. What is universal health care?






7. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






8. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






9. Sedition acts






10. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






11. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






12. What state was John Adams from?






13. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






14. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






15. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






16. Why did we enter WWII?






17. What state is Camp David in?






18. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






19. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






20. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






21. Who was the first President during WWII?






22. How much money does the president earn per year?






23. James Madison's wife is famous for...






24. What year was the White House burnt down?






25. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






26. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






27. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






28. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






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






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






31. What was the camp david accords?






32. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






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






34. Which president created the University of Virgina?






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






36. Who was the youngest elected president?






37. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






38. Who passed Universal health care?






39. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






40. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






41. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






42. Do we vote directly for the president?






43. Who was the youngest elected president?






44. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






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






46. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






47. How many presidents were killed in office?






48. How did William McKinley die?






49. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






50. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?