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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






2. John Adams went to what college?






3. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






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






5. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






6. What were fireside chats?






7. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






8. Who supported manifest destiny?






9. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






10. What are the people in the electoral college called?






11. Who's son is Camp David named after?






12. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






14. What month is the election in?






15. Who was the first VP?






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






17. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






18. Why did WWI happen?






19. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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20. Who was the first President during WWII?






21. Who was the first African American President?






22. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






23. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






24. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






25. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






26. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






27. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






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






29. Who was George Washington's wife?






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






31. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






32. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






34. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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35. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






37. Who supported manifest destiny?






38. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






39. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






40. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






41. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






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






43. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






44. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






45. What are surviver benefits?






46. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






47. What was the camp david accords?






48. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






49. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






50. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?