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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






3. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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4. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






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






6. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






8. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






9. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






10. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






11. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






13. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






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






15. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






16. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






17. Who introduced disability benefits?






18. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






19. Who was the first African American President?






20. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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21. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






22. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






23. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






24. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






25. What was the New Deal?






26. What is the Electoral College?






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






28. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






29. Who introduced surviver benefits?






30. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






31. How many presidents were killed in office?






32. What is the command of army act?






33. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






34. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






35. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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

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






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






39. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






40. How was James Garfield killed?






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






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






43. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






44. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






45. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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

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






48. How much money does the president earn per year?






49. How was James Garfield killed?






50. What is the address of the white house?