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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. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






2. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






3. Who was the only catholic president?






4. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






5. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






6. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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7. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






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






9. Who had the shortest presidency?






10. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






11. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






12. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






13. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






14. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






15. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






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

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17. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






18. How did William McKinley die?






19. What was the Banking Holiday?






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






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






22. What were John Adams's last words?






23. What is the command of army act?






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






25. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






27. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






28. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






29. What president had the watergate scandal?






30. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






31. Which president created the University of Virgina?






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






33. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






34. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






35. Who was president during the Great depression?






36. Who invaded Iraq?






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






38. Where do electors vote?

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39. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






41. What was the Berlin Airlift?






42. which president was former head of CIA?






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






44. How many former vice presidents have become president?






45. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






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






47. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






48. What were John Adams's last words?






49. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






50. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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