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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 the first VP to move up on death of a president?






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






3. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






4. What is the address of the white house?






5. Where did the civil war begin?






6. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






7. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






8. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






9. How did William McKinley die?






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






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






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






13. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






14. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






15. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






16. Who is the current secretary of state?






17. Who was president during the Great depression?






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






19. James Madison's wife is famous for...






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






21. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






22. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






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






24. Which president was former ambassador to China?






25. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






26. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






27. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






28. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






29. What are surviver benefits?






30. What was the league of nations?






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






32. Who is the current speaker of the House?






33. Why did WWI happen?






34. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






35. How many kids did George Washington have?






36. How many kids did John Tyler have?






37. Where was George Washington born?






38. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






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






40. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






41. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






42. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






43. Who was Deep Throat?






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






45. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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46. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






47. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






48. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






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