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






2. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






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






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






5. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






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






7. What was the camp david accords?






8. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






9. What are surviver benefits?






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






11. How much money does the president earn per year?






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






13. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






14. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






15. How many rooms in the white house?






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






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






18. What was the most terms served by a president?






19. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






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






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






22. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






23. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






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






25. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






26. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






28. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






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






30. How many presidents were killed in office?






31. This president helped write the federalist papers.






32. What was reconstruction?






33. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






34. Who was the first VP?






35. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






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






37. What does NATO stand for?






38. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






39. Who introduced disability benefits?






40. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






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






42. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






43. What was the Berlin Airlift?






44. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






45. Which president was the youngest to serve?






46. Who was the only catholic president?






47. Do we vote directly for the president?






48. Who was the first African American President?






49. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






50. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?