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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






3. What is the command of army act?






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






5. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






7. What does NATO stand for?






8. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






9. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






10. Which president served the most terms?






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






12. What was the camp david accords?






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






14. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






16. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






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






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






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






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.






21. How was James Garfield killed?






22. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






23. Who balanced the budget?






24. Who did the Banking Holiday?






25. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






26. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






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






28. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






30. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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31. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






32. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






33. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






34. What were the years of WWI?






35. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






36. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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






38. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






39. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






40. What date did WWII begin?






41. How many years is a presidential term?






42. How many kids did John Tyler have?






43. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






44. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






45. Which president made the panama canal?






46. What was the New Deal?






47. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






48. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






49. Who was the only catholic president?






50. which president was former head of CIA?