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






2. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






3. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






4. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






5. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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






7. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






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






9. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






10. Which president was the youngest to serve?






11. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






12. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






14. Which president created the University of Virgina?






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






16. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






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






18. What president had the watergate scandal?






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






20. What state was John Adams from?






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






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






23. What month is the election in?






24. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






25. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






26. What is the Truman Doctrine?






27. Who balanced the budget?






28. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






29. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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30. Why did WWI happen?






31. What date did the civil war begin?






32. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






34. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






35. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






36. What was the camp david accords?






37. Who introduced social security?






38. Which president made the panama canal?






39. What is the inauguration date?






40. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






41. Who was a peanut farmer?






42. Do we vote directly for the president?






43. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






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






45. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






47. Did we win the Spanish American War?






48. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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49. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






50. Who was the first President during WWII?