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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
Germany invaded Poland
USA
The Confederate States of America
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
2. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
4th
Andrew Johnson
Self
3. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Adams
William Jefferson Clinton
4. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
East of Africa
South; north
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5. How many years is a presidential term?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
4
Abigail
John Quicy Adams
6. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
New Mexico to California
7. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
None
William Jefferson Clinton
Barack Obama
Ulysses S. Grant
8. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
4th
Enola Gay
Gerald Ford
9. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
350
Germany was attacking ships
22 - 24
East of Africa
10. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
John Quicy Adams
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
Ulysses S. Grant
11. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
His wife
Since birth
Teddy Roosevelt
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
12. How old do you have to be to be president?
Daniel Inouye
Harvard
35
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
13. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
60; unconstitutional
George H. W. Bush
England - France - Russia - USA
14. Which president was former ambassador to China?
George H. W. Bush
270
Buffalo - New York
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
15. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Woodrow Wilson
John Tyler
April 12th - 1861
Sexual harrassment
16. What date did the civil war begin?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
1914-1918
April 12th - 1861
Kentucky; Log cabin
17. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
USA
George Washington
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
18. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
William Jefferson Clinton
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
19. What was the Bay of Pigs?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Richard Nixon
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
8
20. Why did WWII begin?
7; 11
Jefferson Davis
Germany invaded Poland
20
21. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Harry S Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. What were fireside chats?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
The south
Speeches given for hope
The president
23. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
William Howard Taft
William Jefferson Clinton
Monticello - Virginia
Thus always to tyrants
24. Where do electors vote?
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25. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
John Quicy Adams
4
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Barack Obama
26. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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27. Who introduced disability benefits?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
England; sailors; products
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
28. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
They were classmates in college
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Mom
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
30. What is the inauguration date?
1814
Martha
George Washington
January 20th
31. Who is the current speaker of the House?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
John Boehner
Electors
The president
32. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Daniel Inouye
The Civil War
22 - 24
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
33. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Harry S Truman
The Gettysburg Address
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Jimmy Carter
34. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
Richard Nixon
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Teddy Roosevelt
35. Where was George Washington born?
John Quicy Adams
Speeches given for hope
Mount Vernon - Virginia
0
36. What is the command of army act?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Lyndon Johnson
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Alien and sedition acts
37. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
The north and the south were split up
John Quicy Adams
John Wilkes Booth
1 million
38. Why did we invade Iraq?
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39. What is universal health care?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Barack Obama
Medical insurance for all americans
John Quicy Adams
40. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Monticello - Virginia
4
Barack Obama
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
41. How many rooms in the white house?
132
0
John Adams
Abigail
42. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
A gun
Thomas Jefferson
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
43. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
Dental; medical
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
8
Harry S Truman
44. What were John Adams's last words?
Jefferson still survives
Gerald Ford
Since birth
The fourteen points
45. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Jimmy Carter
46. Who's son is Camp David named after?
December 7th - 1941
Dwight David Eisenhower
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
47. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
England
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4th
Teddy Roosevelt
48. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
A 2nd home for the president
X-ray
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Quicy Adams
49. Who was a peanut farmer?
Jimmy Carter
Massachusetts
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Hillary Clinton
50. Sedition acts
Jimmy Carter
60; unconstitutional
William Jefferson Clinton
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.