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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






2. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






3. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






4. What was the nullification crisis?

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






6. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






7. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






8. What president had the watergate scandal?






9. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






10. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






11. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






12. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






13. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






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






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






16. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






17. How many electors are in the electoral college?






18. This president helped write the federalist papers.






19. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






20. Who did the Banking Holiday?






21. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






22. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






23. Where do electors vote?

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24. Which presidents were cousins?






25. What is the Electoral College?






26. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






27. How many years is a presidential term?






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






29. Who was president during the Great depression?






30. What does NATO stand for?






31. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






32. What president did the Berlin airlift?






33. Did we win the Spanish American War?






34. What was reconstruction?






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






36. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






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






38. Who was George Washington's wife?






39. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






40. What state is Camp David in?






41. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is the command of army act?






48. Who balanced the budget?






49. Who did fireside chats?






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