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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. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






2. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






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






4. Who was the only catholic president?






5. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






6. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






7. How did William McKinley die?






8. How many presidents died in office?






9. What were the years of WWI?






10. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






12. Alien Acts






13. Who was the youngest elected president?






14. Who had the shortest presidency?






15. What was the Bay of Pigs?






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






17. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






18. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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19. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






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






21. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






22. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






23. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






24. Which president made the panama canal?






25. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






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






28. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






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






31. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






32. how many years is a score?






33. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






34. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






35. What is the address of the white house?






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






37. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






38. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






39. This president helped write the federalist papers.






40. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






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






42. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






43. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






45. Who was president during the Great depression?






46. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






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






48. What was the most terms served by a president?






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






50. What is Camp David?