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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
A 2nd home for the president
Yes
Andrew Jackson
2. How many presidents were killed in office?
4
Monticello - Virginia
14
He resigned before the impeachment trial
3. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
60; unconstitutional
Gerald Ford
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
John Adams
4. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
18
Mount Vernon - Virginia
They were classmates in college
5. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
William McKinley
No
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
John Wilkes Booth
6. Where was George Washington born?
8
The fourteen points
Mount Vernon - Virginia
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
7. What is the Truman Doctrine?
Andrew Jackson
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
England; sailors; products
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
8. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
John Boehner
November 1863
Dolley
John Tyler
9. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Sexual harrassment
10. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
11. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
The south
Georgia
8
Kentucky; Log cabin
12. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
Kentucky; Log cabin
The fourteen points
April 1917- November 1918
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
13. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Eleanor
George Washington
Mary Todd-Lincoln
14. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Teddy Roosevelt
Acting
15. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
The Civil War
John Adams
Jefferson Davis
Mary Todd-Lincoln
16. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
George H. W. Bush
James Madison
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
18
17. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
William and Mary College
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
James Madison
18. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Ronald Reagan
Harry S Truman
8
Andrew Jackson
19. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Maine and Nebraska
14
A gun
20. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Jefferson still survives
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The Gettysburg Address
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
21. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
The Civil War
Dental; medical
William Henry Harrison
Jimmy Carter
22. How many kids did George Washington have?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
The fourteen points
Woodrow Wilson
0
23. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
Yes
George Washington
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
The president
24. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
George Washington
1814
Polio
Dallas - Texas
25. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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26. What is Camp David?
Ronald Reagan
Harry S Truman
A 2nd home for the president
James Madison
27. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Vice President
John Tyler
Barack Obama
28. What is the command of army act?
George H. W. Bush
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Lee Harvey Oswald
29. What is the Electoral College?
Andrew Jackson
Harry S Truman
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
30. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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31. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Gerald Ford
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Dwight David Eisenhower
32. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Conspiracy
The White House
Polio
33. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Universal health care
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
April 1917- November 1918
34. Who was our president during the Korean war?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
4
Dwight David Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
35. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
George H. W. Bush
Monticello - Virginia
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.
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
36. Who was the only president to resign?
15
Daniel Inouye
538
Richard Nixon
37. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
England - France - Russia - USA
Ford's Theater
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
38. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
England
Dwight David Eisenhower
Civil rights
Mary Todd-Lincoln
39. What are surviver benefits?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
60; unconstitutional
George H. W. Bush
40. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Lyndon Johnson
350
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
41. What date did WWII begin?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
September 1st - 1939
Georgia
He gets shot
42. Who passed Universal health care?
Barack Obama
William Howard Taft
Robert E. Lee
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
43. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Teddy Roosevelt
James Madison
Polio
Germany was attacking ships
44. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Andrew Johnson
Harry S Truman
Andrew Jackson
Abigail
45. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Gerald Ford
John Hinkley Jr.
Mary Todd-Lincoln
46. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
Jimmy Carter
Bad
England; sailors; products
The north were comunists and the south were not
47. Why did WWI happen?
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany was attacking ships
Thomas Jefferson
48. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
2
Civil War
49. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Barack Obama
In their state's capital
William Henry Harrison
Lyndon Johnson
50. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Andrew Jackson
Maine and Nebraska
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.
Mom