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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the most terms served by a president?
January 20th
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
4
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
2. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
The government
William Henry Harrison
George H. W. Bush
7; 11
3. Who was the first President during WWII?
No
Acting
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
4. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
7; 11
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
60; unconstitutional
5. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
Jimmy Carter
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Abraham Lincoln
6. Did we win the Spanish American War?
132
Yes
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Thomas Jefferson
7. What is the Electoral College?
Teddy Roosevelt
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Buffalo - New York
0
8. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
25
Richard Nixon
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
9. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Thomas Jefferson
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
444
10. Which presidents were cousins?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
11. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John Quicy Adams
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
12. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
Georgia
Germany was attacking ships
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Richard Nixon
13. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
100
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
USA
14. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki
His 5th cousin
Teddy Roosevelt
Dolley
Enola Gay
15. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
4th
1 million
Self
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
16. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Georgia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Thus always to tyrants
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
17. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Ulysses S. Grant
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Abraham Lincoln
18. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Germany invaded Poland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Buffalo - New York
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
19. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
4
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William McKinley
Ulysses S. Grant
20. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
Teddy Roosevelt
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Mount Vernon - Virginia
James Madison
21. What is the address of the white house?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
April 1917- November 1918
4
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
22. Which president made the panama canal?
Zapruder film
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Teddy Roosevelt
4th
23. Why did we enter WWII?
He was shot
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Jimmy Carter
24. 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 ________.
George W. Bush
22 - 24
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
25. How many former vice presidents have become president?
Jimmy Carter
14
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
20
26. Where do electors vote?
27. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
538
Richard Nixon
The Vice President
Revolutionary War
28. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
The Civil War
Jimmy Carter
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
29. What are disability benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Jimmy Carter
30. Who had the first death in office?
Robert E. Lee
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Georgia
William Henry Harrison
31. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Harry S Truman
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
32. What college did George Washington go to?
Harry S Truman
None
William Jefferson Clinton
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
33. Why did we invade Iraq?
34. Who was our president during the Korean war?
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight David Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
England
35. Who was the only catholic president?
James Madison
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 president
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
36. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
20
Hillary Clinton
Harry S Truman
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
37. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George W. Bush
Thus always to tyrants
38. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The government
Medical insurance for all americans
The Vice President
39. 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)
French and Indian War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
James Madison
40. Who was George Washington's wife?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Martha
Civil War
41. Who introduced social security?
John Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Monroe
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
42. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
Joe Biden
Monticello - Virginia
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
43. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
44. Did we win the Spanish American War?
A 2nd home for the president
Teddy Roosevelt
14
Yes
45. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
46. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
John Wilkes Booth
4
Lyndon Johnson
47. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
27
Dwight David Eisenhower
Polio
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
48. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Harry S Truman
538
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
49. Who had the first death in office?
Medical insurance for all americans
Since birth
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
William Henry Harrison
50. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
George H. W. Bush
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The Korean War
Jefferson Davis