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






2. What are surviver benefits?






3. Who did the Banking Holiday?






4. Who invaded Iraq?






5. Which president made the panama canal?






6. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






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






8. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






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






10. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






11. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






12. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






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






14. Who was our president during the Korean war?






15. What is the Electoral College?






16. Where does the president live for free?






17. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






18. How was James Garfield killed?






19. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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






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






22. Who is the current Vice President?






23. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






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






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






26. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






27. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






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






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






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






31. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






32. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






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






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






35. Alien Acts






36. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






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






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






39. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






40. Who was our president during the Korean war?






41. Who balanced the budget?






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






43. What is the Truman Doctrine?






44. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






46. What were the years of WWI?






47. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






48. What is Camp David?






49. Where does the president live for free?






50. Who had the first death in office?