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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. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






2. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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3. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






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






5. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






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






7. Which president was the youngest to serve?






8. What was the nullification crisis?

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9. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






10. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






12. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






13. How many years is a presidential term?






14. Where was George Washington born?






15. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






16. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






17. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






18. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






19. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






21. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






23. Who was the youngest elected president?






24. Who introduced social security?






25. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






26. How many electors are in the electoral college?






27. 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 ________.






28. Where do electors vote?

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29. How many presidents were killed in office?






30. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






31. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






32. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






33. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






34. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






35. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






36. What state is Camp David in?






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






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






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






40. Who introduced disability benefits?






41. Who had the first death in office?






42. Who was the only president to resign?






43. How old do you have to be to be president?






44. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






45. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






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






47. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






48. What was the league of nations?






49. What state was John Adams from?






50. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.