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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Andrew Johnson
John Adams
8
2
2. What were the years of WWI?
1 million
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Martha
1914-1918
3. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Sexual harrassment
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England - France - Russia - USA
4. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Ford's Theater
Civil rights
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jefferson Davis
5. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
John Quicy Adams
Gerald Ford
George Washington
14
6. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
Daniel Inouye
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
X-ray
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
7. Who was the only president to resign?
The Korean War
Polio
Richard Nixon
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
8. Who introduced social security?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$150000
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Richard Nixon
9. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
He gets shot
Andrew Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
10. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Thomas Jefferson
Universal health care
Harry S Truman
John Quicy Adams
11. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
444
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
12. What was the Banking Holiday?
Social Security
John Boehner
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
John Hinkley Jr.
13. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
George Washington
The north and the south were split up
James Madison
27
14. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
James Madison
The north and the south were split up
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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.
15. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
January 20th
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Abraham Lincoln
16. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Quicy Adams
$150000
17. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
William Jefferson Clinton
350
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
18. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
Richard Nixon
Dwight David Eisenhower
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
19. What was the camp david accords?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Conspiracy
20. How many rooms in the white house?
132
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
21. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ulysses S. Grant
The Gettysburg Address
USA
22. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
He gets shot
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
A 2nd home for the president
Teddy Roosevelt
23. Who had the first death in office?
Barack Obama
Thomas Jefferson
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
William Henry Harrison
24. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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25. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
$400000
George H. W. Bush
James Madison
26. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Andrew Jackson
November 22nd - 1963
Thomas Jefferson
No
27. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
22 - 24
Jefferson Davis
The White House
28. Who introduced surviver benefits?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
29. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
England - France - Russia - USA
The government
30. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
USA
1
22 - 24
31. What president did the Berlin airlift?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
November
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Harry S Truman
32. Where was William McKinley killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
Buffalo - New York
Gerald Ford
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.
33. What were the years of WWI?
1914-1918
6'4'
His 5th cousin
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
34. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
The Civil War
Social Security
England; sailors; products
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
35. What is the inauguration date?
Germany was attacking ships
January 20th
He was shot
Ford's Theater
36. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Dwight David Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
37. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Harry S Truman
Bad
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
15
38. How was James Garfield killed?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
The Civil War
The north were comunists and the south were not
Ulysses S. Grant
39. What are the people in the electoral college called?
Electors
Ulysses S. Grant
Sexual harrassment
April 12th - 1861
40. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
John Adams
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
George H. W. Bush
41. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
They were classmates in college
He gets shot
Dallas - Texas
42. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
England; sailors; products
Mount Vernon - Virginia
2
Conspiracy
43. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
Daniel Inouye
Woodrow Wilson
1 million
1803
44. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
A support group of countries
Maryland
November 22nd - 1963
East of Africa
45. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
The Vice President
$150000
Hillary Clinton
Social Security
46. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
22 - 24
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Woodrow Wilson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
47. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Dallas - Texas
4
William Jefferson Clinton
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
48. What college did George Washington go to?
Dolley
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
None
William Jefferson Clinton
49. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
1
Ford's Theater
Acting
50. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
The Gettysburg Address