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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. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






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






3. Alien Acts






4. What was reconstruction?






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






6. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






7. Who is the current secretary of state?






8. Who was our president during the Korean war?






9. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






10. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






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






13. how many years is a score?






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






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






16. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






18. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






19. What year was the White House burnt down?






20. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






21. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






22. Who was our president during the Korean war?






23. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






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






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






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






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






28. Where was William McKinley killed?






29. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






31. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






32. Who was the first African American President?






33. Who is the current Vice President?






34. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






35. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






36. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






37. Do we vote directly for the president?






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






39. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






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






41. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






42. What was the camp david accords?






43. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






44. What was the most terms served by a president?






45. Who supported manifest destiny?






46. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






47. Who passed Universal health care?






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






49. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






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