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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 said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






2. Who is the current speaker of the House?






3. Why did we invade Iraq?

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4. What is universal health care?






5. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






6. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






7. Who is the current speaker of the House?






8. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






9. What was the Banking Holiday?






10. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






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






12. What were the years of WWI?






13. John Adams went to what college?






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






15. Who is the current Vice President?






16. How did William McKinley die?






17. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






18. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






19. 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)






20. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






22. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






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






24. Sedition acts






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






26. Where does the president live for free?






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






28. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






29. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






31. How did William McKinley die?






32. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






33. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






34. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






35. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






36. which president was former head of CIA?






37. Which president was the youngest to serve?






38. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






40. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






41. Who was the first VP?






42. Alien Acts






43. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






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






45. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






46. Why did we enter WWII?






47. Which president started the two term tradition?






48. Who introduced disability benefits?






49. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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