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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
The Confederate States of America
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
2. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
The Vice President
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
3. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Tyler
John Wilkes Booth
8
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
4. Where was William McKinley killed?
James Polk
Woodrow Wilson
East of Africa
Buffalo - New York
5. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
1 million
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
George W. Bush
6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
Daniel Inouye
Thus always to tyrants
His 5th cousin
Conspiracy
7. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
8. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
15 million
Jimmy Carter
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
The Confederate States of America
9. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
John Quicy Adams
John Adams
William and Mary College
William Jefferson Clinton
10. What state was John Adams from?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
538
Massachusetts
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
11. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Maryland
Conspiracy
25
The Gettysburg Address
12. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Yes
William Jefferson Clinton
Europe
Abraham Lincoln
13. Where was William McKinley killed?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yes
Hillary Clinton
Buffalo - New York
14. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A gun
8
18
15. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
25
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Polio
Jefferson still survives
16. Who was the first VP?
Daniel Inouye
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Teddy Roosevelt
John Adams
17. Who introduced disability benefits?
His 5th cousin
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
George H. W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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19. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
William Jefferson Clinton
The north and the south were split up
1
Barack Obama
20. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Conspiracy
21. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Richard Nixon
The Vice President
5
22. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Eleanor
No
George Washington
January 20th
23. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
Dallas - Texas
Perjury and obstruction of justice
William Howard Taft
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
24. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Buffalo - New York
French and Indian War
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Teddy Roosevelt
25. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
The Vice President
8
William Jefferson Clinton
No
26. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
East of Africa
Jefferson Davis
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
27. Why did we enter WWII?
William Henry Harrison
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Speeches given for hope
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
28. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
John Adams
William McKinley
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
William Jefferson Clinton
29. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Civil rights
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
April 12th - 1861
30. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
John Hinkley Jr.
Polio
31. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
USA
A gun
John Adams
32. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
The north and the south were split up
Thomas Jefferson
18
Dolley
33. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Dwight David Eisenhower
None
Social Security
Jefferson Davis
34. Which president was the youngest to serve?
6'4'
Teddy Roosevelt
Abigail
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
Lee Harvey Oswald
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
36. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
The White House
37. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
Barack Obama
25
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
38. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
The south
39. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Gerald Ford
A support group of countries
The Vice President
40. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Martha
Dwight David Eisenhower
Massachusetts
41. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
1914-1918
Ronald Reagan
John Hinkley Jr.
Europe
42. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Jimmy Carter
43. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
The north were comunists and the south were not
444
A 2nd home for the president
Mom
44. What is the inauguration date?
Daniel Inouye
John Quicy Adams
USA
January 20th
45. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Conspiracy
Harry S Truman
James Madison
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
46. How many presidents died in office?
132
8
Thomas Jefferson
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
47. Which president made the panama canal?
Andrew Jackson
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
48. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
Thomas Jefferson
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
1814
Ulysses S. Grant
49. What month and day do we vote for the president?
A gun
The fourteen points
The Vice President
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
50. Which president was former ambassador to China?
Maine and Nebraska
George H. W. Bush
Conspiracy
William and Mary College