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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 president had the watergate scandal?






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






3. Where was William McKinley killed?






4. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






5. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






6. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






7. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






8. Why did we invade Iraq?

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9. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






10. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






11. Why did we invade Iraq?

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12. How old do you have to be to be president?






13. What state was John Adams from?






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






15. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






16. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






18. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






20. Who had the shortest presidency?






21. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






22. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






23. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






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






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






26. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






27. Sedition acts






28. Who was the only catholic president?






29. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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30. What were the years of WWI?






31. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






32. What was the camp david accords?






33. Who is the current Vice President?






34. What state is Camp David in?






35. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






36. 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 ________.






37. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






38. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






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






40. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






42. What is the Truman Doctrine?






43. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






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

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45. What date did the civil war begin?






46. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






48. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






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