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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft
2. How many years is a presidential term?
Barack Obama
4
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Monroe
3. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Thomas Jefferson
The Civil War
His wife
4. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
James Madison
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
November
He gets shot
5. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
East of Africa
The Vice President
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Nixon
6. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Dental; medical
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
7. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Sexual harrassment
John Adams
Civil War
Kentucky; Log cabin
8. Who was Deep Throat?
Thomas Jefferson
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Harry S Truman
Massachusetts
9. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Massachusetts
Woodrow Wilson
None
Europe
10. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
Speeches given for hope
Mary Todd-Lincoln
11. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Boehner
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Dallas - Texas
12. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
4th
The fourteen points
$150000
13. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
James Madison
Free the slaves in the south
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
14. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
William Henry Harrison
14
35
His wife
15. How many rooms in the white house?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
132
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Jefferson still survives
16. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
35
November
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
X-ray
17. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
James Madison
Harry S Truman
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Mary Todd-Lincoln
18. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
George W. Bush
Thus always to tyrants
Electors
19. What are surviver benefits?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Zapruder film
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
20. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
The north were comunists and the south were not
Jefferson still survives
William Jefferson Clinton
The fourteen points
21. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Joe Biden
25
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
22 - 24
22. Who had the first death in office?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
William Henry Harrison
0
23. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
The Gettysburg Address
Richard Nixon
John Quicy Adams
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
24. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
The south
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
William Howard Taft
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
25. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
$400000
Sexual harrassment
William McKinley
The Korean War
26. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Jefferson Davis
444
No
27. What were John Adams's last words?
Free the slaves in the south
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Jefferson still survives
Bad
28. What date did WWII begin?
Andrew Jackson
September 1st - 1939
Germany was attacking ships
George Washington
29. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
The south
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
Universal health care
Kentucky; Log cabin
30. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
The Civil War
Ronald Reagan
Eleanor
John Adams
31. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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32. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
100
Martha
30
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
33. How many presidents were killed in office?
4
George Washington
Conspiracy
George W. Bush
34. What state was John Adams from?
William Jefferson Clinton
The president
George W. Bush
Massachusetts
35. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
The north and the south were split up
England - France - Russia - USA
Bad
The Vice President
36. What were the years of WWI?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
35
1914-1918
37. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
5
Ronald Reagan
Monticello - Virginia
The Gettysburg Address
38. Alien Acts
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Thomas Jefferson
Europe
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
39. Who was Deep Throat?
Enola Gay
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
40. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
George W. Bush
John Hinkley Jr.
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
7; 11
41. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
Teddy Roosevelt
January 1st - 1863
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
42. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
John Quicy Adams
England
Buffalo - New York
George W. Bush
43. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
Jefferson Davis
William Jefferson Clinton
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
James Madison
44. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
350
Civil War
Ronald Reagan
Polio
45. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Abraham Lincoln
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Richard Nixon
8
46. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
Monticello - Virginia
Harry S Truman
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Martha
47. Where was William McKinley killed?
$150000
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Buffalo - New York
John Adams
48. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Thomas Jefferson
270
5
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
49. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
The government
The Vice President
Social Security
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
50. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
100
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Germany invaded Poland
William Jefferson Clinton