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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who had the first death in office?
William Henry Harrison
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The president
George Washington
2. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
New Mexico to California
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
3. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
18
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
4. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Thomas Jefferson
Speeches given for hope
Germany was attacking ships
5. How many rooms in the white house?
132
Mary Todd-Lincoln
1814
Ulysses S. Grant
6. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Thomas Jefferson
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
George Washington
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
7. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Teddy Roosevelt
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
French and Indian War
1914-1918
8. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
James Madison
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Teddy Roosevelt
9. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Harry S Truman
The fourteen points
Bad
4
10. What was the Berlin Airlift?
November
Barack Obama
Germany invaded Poland
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
11. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
They were classmates in college
350
December 7th - 1941
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
12. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The Vice President
6'4'
The Korean War
Europe
13. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
None
George Washington
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Monticello - Virginia
14. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
$400000
Polio
4
George H. W. Bush
15. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
William McKinley
East of Africa
Conspiracy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
16. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
$150000
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
Civil War
17. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
18
James Madison
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
18. Who balanced the budget?
William Jefferson Clinton
James Madison
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
5
19. Who is the current Vice President?
Joe Biden
Abraham Lincoln
None
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
20. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Civil rights
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
A 2nd home for the president
21. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
4th
November 1863
Hillary Clinton
The north were comunists and the south were not
22. Who was president during the Great depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
Mount Vernon - Virginia
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
23. Where was William McKinley killed?
He gets shot
Buffalo - New York
4
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
24. Who introduced disability benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
Buffalo - New York
The Vice President
25. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Martha
26. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Lyndon Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
30
1803
27. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
0
James Madison
Eleanor
USA
28. How much money does the president earn per year?
Peterson House; the next morning
$400000
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Peterson House; the next morning
Kentucky; Log cabin
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Hinkley Jr.
30. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
20
Mom
No
31. What president did the Berlin airlift?
James Polk
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Peterson House; the next morning
32. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
No
William Jefferson Clinton
33. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
James Madison
20
The Civil War
Harry S Truman
34. Who had the shortest presidency?
The Gettysburg Address
Teddy Roosevelt
Universal health care
William Henry Harrison
35. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
September 1st - 1939
Conspiracy
Thomas Jefferson
36. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
James Madison
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self
Harry S Truman
37. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
James Polk
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
38. How many kids did John Tyler have?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
15
4
East of Africa
39. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Thus always to tyrants
Barack Obama
Gerald Ford
40. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
The north and the south were split up
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Jimmy Carter
41. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Europe
Dwight David Eisenhower
8
15 million
42. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Harvard
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
December 7th - 1941
43. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Dolley
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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
44. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
No
Andrew Johnson
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
George Washington
45. What was the Banking Holiday?
Harry S Truman
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
November 1863
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
46. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
William and Mary College
Woodrow Wilson
1
47. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Zapruder film
Enola Gay
John Hinkley Jr.
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
48. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
Speeches given for hope
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
John Quicy Adams
49. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
Barack Obama
George Washington
They were classmates in college
270
50. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
The Vice President
1914-1918
8
The north and the south were split up