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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What was reconstruction?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Germany was attacking ships
January 20th
1803
2. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
Polio
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Dolley
3. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
William Henry Harrison
Medical insurance for all americans
Social Security
4. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
William Henry Harrison
John Wilkes Booth
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight David Eisenhower
5. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Woodrow Wilson
John Hinkley Jr.
A 2nd home for the president
The Vice President
7. Who was the youngest elected president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
8. What is the Truman Doctrine?
John Adams
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
35
Revolutionary War
9. Who was the first President during WWII?
Hillary Clinton
George Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
11. Which president was the youngest to serve?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
4th
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
12. What is the Electoral College?
Andrew Johnson
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Teddy Roosevelt
13. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush
French and Indian War
Electors
14. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
1 million
Monticello - Virginia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
April 12th - 1861
15. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The Vice President
William and Mary College
George Washington
16. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Daniel Inouye
William Jefferson Clinton
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Andrew Jackson
17. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
September 1st - 1939
England
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
18. Who supported manifest destiny?
Barack Obama
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
James Polk
19. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
George W. Bush
0
20. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
The White House
4th
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
21. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
14
Abigail
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Vice President
22. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
George H. W. Bush
$400000
November 22nd - 1963
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
23. When did we enter WWII?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Perjury and obstruction of justice
December 7th - 1941
Andrew Jackson
24. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Ulysses S. Grant
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
William Henry Harrison
Jimmy Carter
25. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Kentucky; Log cabin
538
Andrew Jackson
26. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Andrew Jackson
2
Civil rights
William Jefferson Clinton
27. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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28. 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)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
The government
Harry S Truman
Mary Todd-Lincoln
29. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Abraham Lincoln
Self
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Civil War
30. Who was the first African American President?
8
Barack Obama
Peterson House; the next morning
George Washington
31. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
World War I
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
32. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Thomas Jefferson
Abigail
Ulysses S. Grant
Perjury and obstruction of justice
33. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
A gun
George Washington
Dwight David Eisenhower
Germany was attacking ships
34. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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35. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas - Texas
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
A 2nd home for the president
Jefferson still survives
36. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
William Jefferson Clinton
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
A 2nd home for the president
37. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
14
1 million
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Harry S Truman
38. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Since birth
Bad
39. Who was the only president to resign?
Enola Gay
William Henry Harrison
Richard Nixon
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
40. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
No
James Madison
James Polk
41. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
James Polk
John Quicy Adams
42. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
350
Abraham Lincoln
43. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Harry S Truman
2
Teddy Roosevelt
44. What month and day do we vote for the president?
He was shot
Teddy Roosevelt
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
18
45. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Alien and sedition acts
46. Who was the first African American President?
Barack Obama
1 million
100
Dwight David Eisenhower
47. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
444
Jefferson still survives
20
William Howard Taft
48. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
William and Mary College
Andrew Johnson
Barack Obama
49. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
Maryland
World War I
William Jefferson Clinton
Conspiracy
50. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Maine and Nebraska
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
15 million
Lyndon Johnson
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