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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






2. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






4. What is Camp David?






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






6. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






7. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






8. Do we vote directly for the president?






9. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






10. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






11. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






12. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






13. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






14. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






15. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






16. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






17. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






18. 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)






19. What president had the watergate scandal?






20. What were fireside chats?






21. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






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






23. Who was the first President during WWII?






24. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






26. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






27. Who introduced social security?






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






29. What was the New Deal?






30. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






32. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






33. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






34. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






35. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






36. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






37. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






38. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






39. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






40. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






41. 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 ________.






42. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






43. How many years is a presidential term?






44. how many years is a score?






45. What were John Adams's last words?






46. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






47. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






48. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






49. How many electors are in the electoral college?






50. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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