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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






2. What is Camp David?






3. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






4. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






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






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






7. how many years is a score?






8. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






9. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






10. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






11. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






12. Sedition acts






13. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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






15. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






16. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






17. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






18. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






19. Who was the only catholic president?






20. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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21. Which presidents were cousins?






22. What is the Truman Doctrine?






23. This president helped write the federalist papers.






24. What war was George Washington in the military for?






25. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






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






28. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






29. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






30. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






32. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






34. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






35. What is the Electoral College?






36. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






37. Who is the current secretary of state?






38. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






39. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






40. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






41. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






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






43. Who did the Banking Holiday?






44. 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 ________.






45. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






46. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






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






48. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






49. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






50. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).







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