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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The north and the south were split up
4
Lyndon Johnson
2. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
George Washington
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Civil rights
3. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
Barack Obama
1 million
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
4. Who is the current Vice President?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Joe Biden
John Boehner
5. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
Electors
35
Massachusetts
Social Security
6. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
7; 11
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
7. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
His 5th cousin
132
Thomas Jefferson
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
8. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
Gerald Ford
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
350
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
9. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. What was the New Deal?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Thomas Jefferson
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Thus always to tyrants
11. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
The Civil War
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Georgia
12. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Eleanor
April 12th - 1861
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
November 22nd - 1963
13. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Mom
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
14. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
John Quicy Adams
22 - 24
15. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
William Howard Taft
16. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Harry S Truman
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Dwight David Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
17. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
George Washington
New Mexico to California
John Boehner
Germany invaded Poland
18. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
100
Thomas Jefferson
USA
19. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Teddy Roosevelt
George W. Bush
Sexual harrassment
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
20. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
Gerald Ford
Bad
George Washington
27
21. What college did George Washington go to?
The Civil War
None
England; sailors; products
He was shot
22. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
100
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
William Jefferson Clinton
23. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
24. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
No
Teddy Roosevelt
$400000
Richard Nixon
25. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
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
Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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 ________.
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Sexual harrassment
James Madison
William Jefferson Clinton
27. How many kids did George Washington have?
0
Robert E. Lee
1803
A gun
28. Who invaded Iraq?
Medical insurance for all americans
George W. Bush
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
George W. Bush
They were classmates in college
30. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
George W. Bush
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
The government
31. Who supported manifest destiny?
Buffalo - New York
100
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
James Polk
32. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
$150000
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
England - France - Russia - USA
Kentucky; Log cabin
33. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Massachusetts
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
34. Which president created the University of Virgina?
2
Thomas Jefferson
John Quicy Adams
The Gettysburg Address
35. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
Dental; medical
World War I
2
Richard Nixon
36. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Self
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Harry S Truman
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
37. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Polio
In their state's capital
Barack Obama
38. What are surviver benefits?
Gerald Ford
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
39. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
538
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
November 22nd - 1963
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
40. What was the league of nations?
2
Robert E. Lee
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
French and Indian War
41. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
15 million
January 1st - 1863
Teddy Roosevelt
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
42. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
April 12th - 1861
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
43. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
18
The Vice President
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
4
44. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
A support group of countries
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
William Henry Harrison
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
45. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
60; unconstitutional
Jimmy Carter
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
46. Sedition acts
January 1st - 1863
George H. W. Bush
Revolutionary War
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
47. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
James Madison
William and Mary College
No
Abraham Lincoln
48. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
The south
Jimmy Carter
James Madison
Self
49. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Revolutionary War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight David Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
50. What was the Banking Holiday?
Zapruder film
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Richard Nixon
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
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