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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






2. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






3. Who is the current speaker of the House?






4. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






5. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






6. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






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






8. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






9. which president was former head of CIA?






10. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






11. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






12. What year was the White House burnt down?






13. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






14. Who had the shortest presidency?






15. Did we win the Spanish American War?






16. What month is the election in?






17. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






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






19. What does NATO stand for?






20. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






21. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






23. John Adams went to what college?






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






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






26. What was the nullification crisis?

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27. Who was the only president to resign?






28. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






29. Who was Deep Throat?






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






31. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






32. Who was the only catholic president?






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






34. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






35. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






36. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






37. Which president created the University of Virgina?






38. When did we enter WWII?






39. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






40. Who supported manifest destiny?






41. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






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






43. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






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






45. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






46. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






47. Which president was the youngest to serve?






48. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






49. Why did WWI happen?






50. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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