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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
Universal health care
Harry S Truman
Conspiracy
John Quicy Adams
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
4th
Ford's Theater
George Washington
30
3. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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4. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
The Confederate States of America
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
5. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Mom
Barack Obama
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Dwight David Eisenhower
6. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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7. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
East of Africa
England - France - Russia - USA
20
14
8. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
14
9. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
John Wilkes Booth
Free the slaves in the south
He was shot
Buffalo - New York
10. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Eleanor
Maine and Nebraska
England; sailors; products
$150000
11. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Martha
12. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
January 20th
Mom
Andrew Johnson
538
13. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
French and Indian War
22 - 24
Dallas - Texas
Monroe
14. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
Free the slaves in the south
Martha
Woodrow Wilson
15. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
Teddy Roosevelt
No
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
The Gettysburg Address
16. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
John Quicy Adams
The south
French and Indian War
1
17. Who introduced disability benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dolley
In their state's capital
George Washington
18. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
No
15
Barack Obama
19. Who was the first African American President?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Dwight David Eisenhower
Barack Obama
20. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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21. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Speeches given for hope
1803
Maine and Nebraska
22. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
None
George H. W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Perjury and obstruction of justice
23. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Jimmy Carter
The Vice President
George H. W. Bush
Enola Gay
24. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
$150000
Hillary Clinton
27
Martha
25. What was the New Deal?
Thomas Jefferson
Social Security
Social Security
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
26. What is the Electoral College?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
World War I
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
27. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Social Security
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Jefferson
28. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sexual harrassment
His 5th cousin
Kentucky; Log cabin
29. Who introduced surviver benefits?
George Washington
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
60; unconstitutional
30. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
No
The government
Ronald Reagan
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
31. How many presidents were killed in office?
Bad
The Civil War
Thomas Jefferson
4
32. What is the command of army act?
Acting
Hillary Clinton
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The Vice President
33. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
Barack Obama
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
George Washington
34. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
James Polk
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
22 - 24
35. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
A 2nd home for the president
X-ray
The Civil War
36. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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37. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Polio
Jimmy Carter
Zapruder film
Ulysses S. Grant
38. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
7; 11
39. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
John Boehner
Sexual harrassment
15
40. How was James Garfield killed?
Speeches given for hope
Ronald Reagan
Teddy Roosevelt
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
41. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Kentucky; Log cabin
Bad
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
John Adams
42. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
1803
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
The Civil War
Barack Obama
43. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
George Washington
East of Africa
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
No
44. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
New Mexico to California
30
Acting
John Wilkes Booth
45. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
George Washington
World War I
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Maryland
46. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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47. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
The government
6'4'
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
48. How much money does the president earn per year?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
$400000
49. How was James Garfield killed?
John Adams
The Vice President
Ronald Reagan
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
50. What is the address of the white house?
James Madison
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
1914-1918