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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Camp David?






2. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






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






4. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






5. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






6. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






7. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






8. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






9. What was the Banking Holiday?






10. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






11. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






12. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






13. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






14. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






15. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






16. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






17. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






18. Who was the only catholic president?






19. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






20. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






21. What college did George Washington go to?






22. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






23. What were John Adams's last words?






24. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






25. How old do you have to be to be president?






26. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






27. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






28. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






29. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






30. Where do electors vote?

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31. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






32. Which president created the University of Virgina?






33. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






34. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






35. Which president made the panama canal?






36. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






38. Who supported manifest destiny?






39. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






40. Who is the current secretary of state?






41. How many electors are in the electoral college?






42. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






43. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






44. Who did fireside chats?






45. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






46. Which president was former ambassador to China?






47. What was the nullification crisis?

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48. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






49. This president helped write the federalist papers.






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