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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 the first African American President?






2. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






3. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






4. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






5. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






6. Why did WWII begin?






7. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






9. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


10. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






11. Which president served the most terms?






12. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?


13. Who is the current secretary of state?






14. Do we vote directly for the president?






15. What did the monroe doctrine say?


16. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






17. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






18. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






19. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






20. What state is Camp David in?






21. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






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






23. What was the nullification crisis?


24. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






25. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






26. Where was William McKinley killed?






27. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






28. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






29. John Adams went to what college?






30. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






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






32. Which president was former ambassador to China?






33. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






34. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






35. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






36. What was the Berlin Airlift?






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






38. What was the league of nations?






39. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






40. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






41. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






42. Sedition acts






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






44. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






45. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






46. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






47. Why did we invade Iraq?


48. How was James Garfield killed?






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






50. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?