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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. which president was former head of CIA?






2. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






3. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






4. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






5. Who introduced surviver benefits?






6. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






7. What is the command of army act?






8. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






9. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






10. What was reconstruction?






11. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






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






13. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






14. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






15. James Madison's wife is famous for...






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






17. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






18. What was the camp david accords?






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






20. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






21. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






22. how many years is a score?






23. What transportation does the president get?






24. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






26. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






27. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






28. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






29. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






30. What was reconstruction?






31. How did William McKinley die?






32. What is the Electoral College?






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






34. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






35. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






36. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






37. Who was the first African American President?






38. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






39. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






40. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






42. Who had the first death in office?






43. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






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






45. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






46. Did we win the Spanish American War?






47. Who was the first VP?






48. Who was the only catholic president?






49. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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







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