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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. This president helped write the federalist papers.
25
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
January 1st - 1863
James Madison
2. how many years is a score?
His wife
John Adams
Barack Obama
20
3. How many years is a presidential term?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
4
4. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
William Jefferson Clinton
Thus always to tyrants
Thomas Jefferson
John Hinkley Jr.
5. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Dwight David Eisenhower
Thomas Jefferson
Dolley
6. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
The Vice President
Woodrow Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
John Wilkes Booth
7. How many rooms in the white house?
The Korean War
Andrew Johnson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
132
8. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
100
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
John Quicy Adams
9. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
The north were comunists and the south were not
Teddy Roosevelt
Sexual harrassment
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
10. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Barack Obama
5
John Tyler
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
11. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
2
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
No
30
12. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
His wife
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
27
13. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
0
In their state's capital
April 1917- November 1918
None
14. 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 ________.
Europe
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
15. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Monroe
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Teddy Roosevelt
His 5th cousin
16. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
17. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
William Jefferson Clinton
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
18. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Mom
Eleanor
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
19. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Thomas Jefferson
The Civil War
Buffalo - New York
Teddy Roosevelt
20. Who was the only catholic president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
2
4th
21. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas - Texas
George H. W. Bush
Conspiracy
Robert E. Lee
22. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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23. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harvard
November 1863
538
24. Who was the only president to resign?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Richard Nixon
15
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
John Quicy Adams
Monroe
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Dwight David Eisenhower
26. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Germany was attacking ships
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
15 million
Dwight David Eisenhower
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
William Jefferson Clinton
28. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
New Mexico to California
April 12th - 1861
Self
29. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
Teddy Roosevelt
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
30. Why did we enter WWII?
The north were comunists and the south were not
1803
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
April 12th - 1861
31. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
John Quicy Adams
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
32. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
January 1st - 1863
Teddy Roosevelt
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
33. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
444
George H. W. Bush
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Monticello - Virginia
34. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
September 1st - 1939
The Gettysburg Address
1803
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
35. Who introduced social security?
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
5
36. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Enola Gay
George W. Bush
Maine and Nebraska
Thomas Jefferson
37. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
He was shot
Lee Harvey Oswald
8
No
38. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
1
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
South; north
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
39. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
April 1917- November 1918
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
November 22nd - 1963
40. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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41. Who supported manifest destiny?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
5
Woodrow Wilson
James Polk
42. What state is Camp David in?
William McKinley
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Maryland
43. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Dolley
Dental; medical
The government
44. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
James Madison
Alien and sedition acts
20
45. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
John Hinkley Jr.
Harry S Truman
William Jefferson Clinton
Ronald Reagan
46. What was the most terms served by a president?
4
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Since birth
47. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
350
270
William Jefferson Clinton
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
48. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Dallas - Texas
The north and the south were split up
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
49. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Ford's Theater
Jefferson still survives
Lyndon Johnson
50. How many presidents were killed in office?
8
The Korean War
4
George W. Bush