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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






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






3. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






4. Alien Acts






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






6. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






7. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






8. Who is the current speaker of the House?






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






10. What was the nullification crisis?

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11. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






12. Who was the first VP?






13. What is the inauguration date?






14. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






15. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






16. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






17. What were fireside chats?






18. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






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






20. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






22. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






23. Who is the current Vice President?






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






25. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






26. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






27. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






28. What was the league of nations?






29. What are surviver benefits?






30. Where do electors vote?

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31. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






32. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






34. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






35. What is the inauguration date?






36. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






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






38. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






39. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






40. Who was the first African American President?






41. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






42. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






43. Who was the youngest elected president?






44. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






45. How many kids did George Washington have?






46. Who is the current speaker of the House?






47. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






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

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50. Who had the shortest presidency?