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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
The north and the south were split up
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
25
2. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Sexual harrassment
William Howard Taft
Eleanor
Abraham Lincoln
3. How many presidents were killed in office?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Bad
William Howard Taft
4
4. Who was the only president to resign?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joe Biden
5. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
The Civil War
George Washington
Acting
William Henry Harrison
6. What war was George Washington in the military for?
Andrew Johnson
French and Indian War
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
7. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
James Madison
His wife
Thomas Jefferson
The president
8. What were the years of WWI?
Free the slaves in the south
1914-1918
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Dwight David Eisenhower
9. which president was former head of CIA?
George H. W. Bush
Thomas Jefferson
USA
Richard Nixon
10. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Germany was attacking ships
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Monroe
November 1863
11. Who was Deep Throat?
William McKinley
Civil rights
Joe Biden
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
12. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
30
Barack Obama
The Confederate States of America
The White House
13. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
1
They were classmates in college
December 7th - 1941
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
14. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Dolley
Hillary Clinton
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
South; north
15. Which president created the University of Virgina?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
He was shot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
16. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
John Quicy Adams
John Quicy Adams
November 22nd - 1963
James Madison
17. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
His wife
April 12th - 1861
Civil rights
Teddy Roosevelt
18. What is the command of army act?
15
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Georgia
Barack Obama
19. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
The government
England; sailors; products
William Jefferson Clinton
100
20. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
January 20th
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
John Tyler
60; unconstitutional
21. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Richard Nixon
The north and the south were split up
Social Security
22. What was the most terms served by a president?
The government
William Henry Harrison
Harvard
4
23. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ulysses S. Grant
Mary Todd-Lincoln
24. What were fireside chats?
Jefferson Davis
Speeches given for hope
The Vice President
William McKinley
25. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
New Mexico to California
Conspiracy
Lyndon Johnson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
26. What month and day do we vote for the president?
Monticello - Virginia
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27. How many kids did John Tyler have?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
15
Monticello - Virginia
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
28. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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29. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Electors
Barack Obama
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Dwight David Eisenhower
30. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
$150000
James Polk
George W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
31. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Woodrow Wilson
100
England; sailors; products
32. Why did we enter WWII?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
He gets shot
22 - 24
33. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England; sailors; products
England - France - Russia - USA
South; north
Mom
34. Who is the current Vice President?
Dolley
35
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Joe Biden
35. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
South; north
Ulysses S. Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
538
36. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
The White House
Harry S Truman
4
Maryland
37. Who passed Universal health care?
Barack Obama
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Abraham Lincoln
A support group of countries
38. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Zapruder film
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
39. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Hillary Clinton
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
They were classmates in college
1803
40. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Bad
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
April 12th - 1861
George H. W. Bush
41. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Abigail
His 5th cousin
Ford's Theater
John Adams
42. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
15 million
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
25
Civil rights
43. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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44. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
John Quicy Adams
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Thomas Jefferson
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
45. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Massachusetts
Andrew Jackson
132
Harry S Truman
46. How many presidents died in office?
Thomas Jefferson
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
X-ray
8
47. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
270
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Ulysses S. Grant
48. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Thomas Jefferson
Robert E. Lee
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
John Adams
49. How old do you have to be to be president?
Ulysses S. Grant
35
Georgia
Germany was attacking ships
50. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Since birth
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
27
Maryland
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