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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 was the most terms served by a president?






2. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






3. Who was the first President during WWII?






4. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






5. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






6. Did we win the Spanish American War?






7. What is the Electoral College?






8. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






9. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






10. Which presidents were cousins?






11. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






12. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






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






15. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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






17. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






19. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






20. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






21. What is the address of the white house?






22. Which president made the panama canal?






23. Why did we enter WWII?






24. 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 ________.






25. How many former vice presidents have become president?






26. Where do electors vote?


27. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






29. What are disability benefits?






30. Who had the first death in office?






31. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






32. What college did George Washington go to?






33. Why did we invade Iraq?


34. Who was our president during the Korean war?






35. Who was the only catholic president?






36. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






37. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






38. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






39. 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)






40. Who was George Washington's wife?






41. Who introduced social security?






42. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






43. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


44. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






46. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






48. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






49. Who had the first death in office?






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