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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






2. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






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






5. Who was George Washington's wife?






6. Who was the only catholic president?






7. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






8. What president did the Berlin airlift?






9. Who passed Universal health care?






10. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






11. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






12. What college did George Washington go to?






13. John Adams went to what college?






14. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






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






16. John Adams went to what college?






17. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






18. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






19. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






20. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






22. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






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






25. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






26. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






27. What was the league of nations?






28. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






29. What date did WWII begin?






30. How many electors are in the electoral college?






31. How many kids did George Washington have?






32. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






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






34. How many kids did John Tyler have?






35. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






36. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






37. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






39. What date did the civil war begin?






40. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






41. What president did the Berlin airlift?






42. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






43. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






44. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






45. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






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






47. How many rooms in the white house?






48. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






49. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






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