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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
December 7th - 1941
8
Zapruder film
Harry S Truman
2. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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3. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
William McKinley
William Jefferson Clinton
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
The Korean War
4. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
Ford's Theater
New Mexico to California
England
Woodrow Wilson
5. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
15 million
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Dolley
6. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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7. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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8. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
Dwight David Eisenhower
William Jefferson Clinton
444
The Confederate States of America
9. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
George Washington
November 1863
Teddy Roosevelt
Polio
10. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
The north and the south were split up
Barack Obama
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Revolutionary War
11. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
132
The Vice President
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
5
12. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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13. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
The Vice President
7; 11
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
14. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Harry S Truman
Conspiracy
35
30
15. Where did the civil war begin?
James Madison
The north were comunists and the south were not
270
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
16. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
4
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
17. Who balanced the budget?
270
Mary Todd-Lincoln
1
William Jefferson Clinton
18. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
6'4'
Barack Obama
$400000
Harry S Truman
19. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Universal health care
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
4th
20. What war was George Washington in the military for?
French and Indian War
Jefferson still survives
Massachusetts
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
21. What are disability benefits?
Electors
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Bad
8
22. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Conspiracy
Ford's Theater
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Civil War
23. What date did the civil war begin?
Eleanor
14
April 12th - 1861
Andrew Johnson
24. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
John Hinkley Jr.
William Jefferson Clinton
November 22nd - 1963
25. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
15 million
7; 11
26. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
England - France - Russia - USA
Free the slaves in the south
No
444
27. What state was John Adams from?
The fourteen points
Lyndon Johnson
The fourteen points
Massachusetts
28. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
1803
He was shot
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
29. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
French and Indian War
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
William Jefferson Clinton
30. which president was former head of CIA?
Social Security
George H. W. Bush
James Polk
Richard Nixon
31. Who was George Washington's wife?
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Thomas Jefferson
Martha
Zapruder film
32. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Dental; medical
George Washington
33. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Barack Obama
His wife
George Washington
Joe Biden
34. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
Daniel Inouye
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
2
Germany was attacking ships
35. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
The Vice President
14
Gerald Ford
36. Who had the shortest presidency?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
37. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2
Woodrow Wilson
January 1st - 1863
38. How old do you have to be to be president?
5
Thomas Jefferson
35
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
39. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Enola Gay
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Social Security
The Civil War
40. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
$150000
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Dwight David Eisenhower
Social Security
41. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Lyndon Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
7; 11
The Confederate States of America
42. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Gerald Ford
His wife
Barack Obama
Ulysses S. Grant
43. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
George W. Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington
William and Mary College
44. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
William Jefferson Clinton
The fourteen points
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
The north were comunists and the south were not
Bad
Jefferson Davis
George W. Bush
46. Why did WWII begin?
Jimmy Carter
Germany invaded Poland
Kentucky; Log cabin
John Boehner
47. 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 ________.
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Ford's Theater
48. Who introduced disability benefits?
270
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
William and Mary College
49. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Revolutionary War
350
The Korean War
He resigned before the impeachment trial
50. Who was the first President during WWII?
November
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The president