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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 is the Truman Doctrine?






2. What state is Camp David in?






3. Who was the first President during WWII?






4. Why did WWI happen?






5. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






6. Where did the civil war begin?






7. What year was the White House burnt down?






8. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






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






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






11. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






12. Why did WWI happen?






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






14. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






15. What are surviver benefits?






16. What was the camp david accords?






17. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






18. Which president was the youngest to serve?






19. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






21. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






22. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






23. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






24. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






26. What are disability benefits?






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






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






29. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






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






31. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






32. Who had the shortest presidency?






33. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






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






36. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






37. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






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






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






40. What were the years of WWI?






41. Which president served the most terms?






42. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






43. How many rooms in the white house?






44. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






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






46. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






47. Why did WWII begin?






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






49. Where was William McKinley killed?






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