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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
William McKinley
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
He resigned before the impeachment trial
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
4th
USA
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
4
3. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Andrew Johnson
1803
Daniel Inouye
No
4. How many presidents died in office?
Zapruder film
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
8
Woodrow Wilson
5. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
15 million
Jimmy Carter
1
270
6. What war was George Washington in the military for?
1 million
French and Indian War
John Boehner
Ulysses S. Grant
7. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The south
John Adams
538
8. Where did the civil war begin?
The north were comunists and the south were not
None
Europe
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
9. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Peterson House; the next morning
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Teddy Roosevelt
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
10. Why did we invade Iraq?
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11. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
6'4'
Harry S Truman
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
November 1863
12. Who introduced social security?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Boehner
Joe Biden
Conspiracy
13. Which president served the most terms?
The president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27
8
14. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
Yes
Monroe
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Speeches given for hope
15. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
The Confederate States of America
His 5th cousin
James Madison
Mary Todd-Lincoln
16. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
22 - 24
In their state's capital
They were classmates in college
0
17. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
100
35
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
None
Massachusetts
The Korean War
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
19. Who did the Banking Holiday?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2
20. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
January 1st - 1863
April 12th - 1861
21. Who's son is Camp David named after?
14
1814
Dwight David Eisenhower
December 7th - 1941
22. What is the command of army act?
Monroe
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Abraham Lincoln
23. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
Enola Gay
USA
24. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
1
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Electors
25. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
60; unconstitutional
100
The Confederate States of America
Joe Biden
26. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
The government
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
The north and the south were split up
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
27. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Conspiracy
15
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Mount Vernon - Virginia
28. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
September 1st - 1939
Dwight David Eisenhower
Massachusetts
John Wilkes Booth
29. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
William Henry Harrison
30. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
X-ray
Ronald Reagan
31. how many years is a score?
X-ray
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
20
James Madison
32. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Perjury and obstruction of justice
The south
Thomas Jefferson
33. How did William McKinley die?
$400000
William Jefferson Clinton
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
He was shot
34. What date did WWII begin?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harry S Truman
September 1st - 1939
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
35. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
Alien and sedition acts
William and Mary College
Civil War
Lyndon Johnson
36. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
X-ray
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
John Adams
37. How many former vice presidents have become president?
Andrew Jackson
14
The Civil War
Kentucky; Log cabin
38. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
November
4th
Andrew Jackson
350
39. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Andrew Jackson
$400000
He resigned before the impeachment trial
The Gettysburg Address
40. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
Ronald Reagan
James Madison
41. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Europe
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
He resigned before the impeachment trial
42. Who passed Universal health care?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Eleanor
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
43. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Woodrow Wilson
1
$400000
44. which president was former head of CIA?
James Madison
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
George H. W. Bush
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
45. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
Barack Obama
The Vice President
14
George W. Bush
46. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
X-ray
William McKinley
Gerald Ford
47. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
John Hinkley Jr.
8
Jimmy Carter
William McKinley
48. How much money does the president earn per year?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$400000
Perjury and obstruction of justice
William Henry Harrison
49. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
New Mexico to California
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
50. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Revolutionary War
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
William Henry Harrison