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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
A gun
Barack Obama
Jefferson Davis
2. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
New Mexico to California
USA
Barack Obama
3. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Martha
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
April 1917- November 1918
4. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
27
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
5. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
35
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
6. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
14
Lyndon Johnson
7. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
South; north
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Woodrow Wilson
8. Who was the first President during WWII?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
His 5th cousin
9. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
John Adams
The Confederate States of America
James Madison
England
10. how many years is a score?
Enola Gay
The Vice President
20
Mom
11. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George W. Bush
Harry S Truman
Germany invaded Poland
12. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Thomas Jefferson
13. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alien and sedition acts
100
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
14. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Germany was attacking ships
Teddy Roosevelt
15. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?
Lyndon Johnson
William Jefferson Clinton
Andrew Jackson
Barack Obama
16. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
6'4'
Thomas Jefferson
George H. W. Bush
George Washington
17. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
December 7th - 1941
The Civil War
20
18. What is the Truman Doctrine?
January 20th
Teddy Roosevelt
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
George W. Bush
19. Where does the president live for free?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Abigail
The White House
Dwight David Eisenhower
20. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Enola Gay
Ulysses S. Grant
John Hinkley Jr.
21. What president did the Berlin airlift?
Harry S Truman
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
4
Jefferson Davis
22. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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23. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
French and Indian War
Jefferson Davis
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
24. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
Thomas Jefferson
The Vice President
Daniel Inouye
George W. Bush
25. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
$400000
Daniel Inouye
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
26. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
The Civil War
George Washington
15 million
George H. W. Bush
27. Do we vote directly for the president?
No
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
William Henry Harrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
28. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
George H. W. Bush
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
William Jefferson Clinton
29. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
The north were comunists and the south were not
John Tyler
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
His 5th cousin
30. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
April 12th - 1861
French and Indian War
Conspiracy
Daniel Inouye
31. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
8
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Andrew Johnson
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
32. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
8
Jefferson Davis
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
33. What date did the civil war begin?
William Henry Harrison
Gerald Ford
April 12th - 1861
John Adams
34. 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 ________.
Maryland
Harry S Truman
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
35. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Universal health care
Harry S Truman
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Ronald Reagan
36. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Ronald Reagan
Dental; medical
Ronald Reagan
37. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Teddy Roosevelt
100
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
38. Which president made the panama canal?
Dwight David Eisenhower
7; 11
Teddy Roosevelt
4th
39. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Teddy Roosevelt
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Ulysses S. Grant
40. How many former vice presidents have become president?
25
Buffalo - New York
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
14
41. Which president served the most terms?
November
5
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25
42. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
4
30
His wife
43. What month and day do we vote for the president?
USA
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Mount Vernon - Virginia
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
44. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?
James Madison
Gerald Ford
Thomas Jefferson
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
45. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
November 1863
George Washington
William Henry Harrison
46. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
Revolutionary War
Jefferson still survives
350
Andrew Johnson
47. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Alien and sedition acts
Teddy Roosevelt
60; unconstitutional
48. Who introduced disability benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Daniel Inouye
Dwight David Eisenhower
49. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The president
Barack Obama
Germany was attacking ships
The Korean War
50. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?
November
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Monroe