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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






2. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






3. Where was George Washington born?






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






5. Do we vote directly for the president?






6. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






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






8. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






9. Sedition acts






10. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






11. This president helped write the federalist papers.






12. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






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






14. How many kids did George Washington have?






15. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






16. Who had the first death in office?






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






18. What was the Banking Holiday?






19. What is the address of the white house?






20. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






21. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






22. Which presidents were cousins?






23. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






24. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






25. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






27. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






28. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






30. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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31. Who was the first President during WWII?






32. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






33. which president was former head of CIA?






34. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






35. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






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






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






38. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






39. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






40. What is the command of army act?






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






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






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






44. What president had the watergate scandal?






45. Who's son is Camp David named after?






46. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






47. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






49. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






50. What is Camp David?