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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 was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






2. What month is the election in?






3. What was the league of nations?






4. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






5. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






6. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






7. What is the Electoral College?






8. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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






10. Why did WWI happen?






11. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






12. How many electors are in the electoral college?






13. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






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






16. Why did we enter WWII?






17. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






18. What president had the watergate scandal?






19. What were fireside chats?






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






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






22. How many presidents died in office?






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






24. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






25. What war was George Washington in the military for?






26. What was the Bay of Pigs?






27. Who had the shortest presidency?






28. What month and day do we vote for the president?






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






30. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






31. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






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






33. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






34. What was reconstruction?






35. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






36. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






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






38. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






39. Who was the first President during WWII?






40. Who was the first VP?






41. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






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






43. Who was a peanut farmer?






44. how many years is a score?






45. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






46. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






47. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






48. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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






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