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






2. What transportation does the president get?






3. What are disability benefits?






4. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






5. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






6. How many presidents died in office?






7. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






8. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






9. Who introduced surviver benefits?






10. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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11. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






12. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






13. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






14. how many years is a score?






15. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






16. What is the address of the white house?






17. What transportation does the president get?






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






19. Who supported manifest destiny?






20. Which president was former ambassador to China?






21. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






22. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






24. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






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






26. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






27. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






29. Which president was the youngest to serve?






30. Who introduced social security?






31. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






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






33. How was James Garfield killed?






34. 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 ________.






35. What are the people in the electoral college called?






36. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






37. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






38. Who was the first President during WWII?






39. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






40. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






41. Where was George Washington born?






42. Where do electors vote?

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43. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






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






45. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






46. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






47. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






48. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






49. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






50. How much money does the president earn per year?