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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. Why did we invade Iraq?

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2. What president had the watergate scandal?






3. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






4. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






5. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






6. Who supported manifest destiny?






7. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






8. Why did we enter WWII?






9. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






10. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






11. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






13. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






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






15. This president helped write the federalist papers.






16. Did we win the Spanish American War?






17. Where was William McKinley killed?






18. Alien Acts






19. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






20. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






21. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






22. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






23. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






24. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






25. What are the people in the electoral college called?






26. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






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






28. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






30. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






31. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






32. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






33. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






34. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






35. How old do you have to be to be president?






36. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






37. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






38. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






39. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






40. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






41. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






42. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






43. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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44. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






45. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






46. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






47. How much money does the president earn per year?






48. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






49. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






50. What are disability benefits?