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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 were the second presidents to be father and son?






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






3. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






4. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






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






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






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






8. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






9. What is Camp David?






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






11. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






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






13. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






14. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






15. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






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






17. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






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






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






20. Do we vote directly for the president?






21. Where was William McKinley killed?






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






23. Where was William McKinley killed?






24. Where does the president live for free?






25. What year was the White House burnt down?






26. Who was the only catholic president?






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






28. Who was the first VP?






29. What date did WWII begin?






30. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






31. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






32. Who was Deep Throat?






33. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






35. Who passed Universal health care?






36. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






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






38. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






39. How was James Garfield killed?






40. Alien Acts






41. What is the Truman Doctrine?






42. Where did the civil war begin?






43. How many kids did John Tyler have?






44. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






45. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






46. How many kids did John Tyler have?






47. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






48. What does NATO stand for?






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






50. What are surviver benefits?