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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 Tenure of Office Act/






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






3. What month is the election in?






4. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






5. What month and day do we vote for the president?






6. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






7. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






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






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






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






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






12. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






13. Who is the current speaker of the House?






14. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






15. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






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






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






19. What college did George Washington go to?






20. How many former vice presidents have become president?






21. Who introduced social security?






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






23. How much money does the president earn per year?






24. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






25. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






26. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






27. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






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






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






30. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






31. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






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






33. Who introduced disability benefits?






34. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






35. Which president was former ambassador to China?






36. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






37. What was the Bay of Pigs?






38. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






39. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






40. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






41. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






42. How many kids did John Tyler have?






43. Who had the shortest presidency?






44. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






45. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






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






47. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






48. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






50. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?