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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What month is the election in?






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






3. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






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






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






6. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






7. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






8. Who balanced the budget?






9. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






11. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






12. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






13. Who was the youngest elected president?






14. What was the Banking Holiday?






15. Do we vote directly for the president?






16. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






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






18. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






19. What were the years of WWI?






20. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






21. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






23. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






24. Which president was the youngest to serve?






25. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






26. Who was George Washington's wife?






27. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






28. how many years is a score?






29. What is universal health care?






30. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






31. Why did WWII begin?






32. Who introduced social security?






33. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






34. Do we vote directly for the president?






35. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






36. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






37. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






38. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






39. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






40. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






41. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






42. Who is the current Vice President?






43. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






44. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






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






46. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






47. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






48. How many former vice presidents have become president?






49. What were fireside chats?






50. What was reconstruction?