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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






2. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






3. What does NATO stand for?






4. Why did WWII begin?






5. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






6. Which president served the most terms?






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






8. What state was John Adams from?






9. How was James Garfield killed?






10. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






11. How did William McKinley die?






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






13. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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14. What month and day do we vote for the president?






15. Who did the Banking Holiday?






16. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






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






18. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






19. What is Camp David?






20. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






21. Who introduced surviver benefits?






22. Alien Acts






23. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






24. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






25. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






26. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






27. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






28. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






29. What was the nullification crisis?

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30. How many kids did John Tyler have?






31. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






32. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






33. What state is Camp David in?






34. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






35. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






36. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






37. What was the most terms served by a president?






38. Why did WWI happen?






39. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






40. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






41. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






42. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






43. How did William McKinley die?






44. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






45. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






46. How many kids did John Tyler have?






47. What transportation does the president get?






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






49. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






50. Which president started the two term tradition?