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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 president made the emancipation proclamtion?






2. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






3. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






4. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






5. Why did we enter WWII?






6. What is universal health care?






7. Why did WWI happen?






8. Who introduced disability benefits?






9. Who balanced the budget?






10. John Adams went to what college?






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






12. Who is the current secretary of state?






13. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






14. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






15. Who was George Washington's wife?






16. What president did the Berlin airlift?






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






18. How many former vice presidents have become president?






19. Which president was the youngest to serve?






20. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






22. Where did the civil war begin?






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






24. What college did George Washington go to?






25. Who had the first death in office?






26. How many rooms in the white house?






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






28. Who was the youngest elected president?






29. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






30. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






31. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






32. What was the New Deal?






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






34. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






35. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






36. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






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






38. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






39. Who was president during the Great depression?






40. What are disability benefits?






41. Who is the current Vice President?






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






43. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






44. Did we win the Spanish American War?






45. When did we enter WWII?






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






47. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






48. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






49. Which president was former ambassador to China?






50. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?