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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






2. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






3. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






4. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






5. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






6. What date did the civil war begin?






7. Who was the first African American President?






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






9. What are surviver benefits?






10. Which president started the two term tradition?






11. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






12. How many kids did John Tyler have?






13. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






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






15. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






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






17. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






18. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






19. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






21. Where did the civil war begin?






22. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






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






24. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






26. What was reconstruction?






27. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






28. Who was the only president to resign?






29. Who supported manifest destiny?






30. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






31. What is universal health care?






32. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






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






35. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






36. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






37. Who passed Universal health care?






38. What was the New Deal?






39. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






40. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






42. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






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






44. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






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






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






48. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






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






50. Who was the youngest elected president?