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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. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






2. Who balanced the budget?






3. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






4. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






5. How many years is a presidential term?






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






7. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






8. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






9. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






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






11. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






12. How old do you have to be to be president?






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






14. Which president was former ambassador to China?






15. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






16. What date did the civil war begin?






17. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






18. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






19. What was the Bay of Pigs?






20. Why did WWII begin?






21. Who did the Banking Holiday?






22. What were fireside chats?






23. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






24. Where do electors vote?

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






26. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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27. Who introduced disability benefits?






28. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






29. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






30. What is the inauguration date?






31. Who is the current speaker of the House?






32. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






34. Who balanced the budget?






35. Where was George Washington born?






36. What is the command of army act?






37. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






38. Why did we invade Iraq?

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39. What is universal health care?






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






41. How many rooms in the white house?






42. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






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






44. What were John Adams's last words?






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






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






47. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






48. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






49. Who was a peanut farmer?






50. Sedition acts