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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 only catholic president?






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






3. What date did the civil war begin?






4. What president had the watergate scandal?






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






6. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






7. What date did WWII begin?






8. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






9. Who did fireside chats?






10. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






11. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






12. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






13. What was reconstruction?






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






15. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






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






18. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






19. How was James Garfield killed?






20. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






21. Who was the first VP?






22. Where did the civil war begin?






23. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






25. How many presidents died in office?






26. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






27. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






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






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






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






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






32. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






33. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






34. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






35. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






36. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






38. What month is the election in?






39. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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






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






42. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






43. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






44. Which president was former ambassador to China?






45. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






46. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






47. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






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






49. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






50. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?