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






2. What was the nullification crisis?

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3. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






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






5. How many years is a presidential term?






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

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7. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






8. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






9. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






10. Why did WWII begin?






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






12. Why did we enter WWII?






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






14. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






15. How did William McKinley die?






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






17. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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18. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






19. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






20. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






22. Where does the president live for free?






23. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






24. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






25. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






26. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






27. How many kids did George Washington have?






28. Which president created the University of Virgina?






29. What is universal health care?






30. What is the inauguration date?






31. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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32. What does NATO stand for?






33. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






34. What were fireside chats?






35. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






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

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37. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






38. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






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






40. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






41. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






42. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






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






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






45. Who was the only president to resign?






46. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






47. This president helped write the federalist papers.






48. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






49. Where was George Washington born?






50. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?