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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






2. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






4. Why did we enter WWII?






5. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






6. What are the people in the electoral college called?






7. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






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






9. What war was George Washington in the military for?






10. What are disability benefits?






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






12. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






13. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






14. Who balanced the budget?






15. How did William McKinley die?






16. how many years is a score?






17. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






18. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






19. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






20. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






21. Who invaded Iraq?






22. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






23. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






24. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






25. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






26. What was the New Deal?






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






28. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






29. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






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

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31. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






32. How many kids did John Tyler have?






33. Who was the only president to resign?






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






35. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






36. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






37. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






38. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






39. What was the camp david accords?






40. Who was the youngest elected president?






41. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






42. Who was the first President during WWII?






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






44. What date did the civil war begin?






45. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






47. What does NATO stand for?






48. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






49. What is the command of army act?






50. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?