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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 are disability benefits?






2. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






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






5. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






6. What were fireside chats?






7. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


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


9. What is the address of the white house?






10. Which president served the most terms?






11. Who was president during the Great depression?






12. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






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






14. What date did the civil war begin?






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






16. Why did we invade Iraq?


17. How can a president serve up to ten years?


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






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






20. Who was our president during the Korean war?






21. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






23. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






24. Who was the youngest elected president?






25. What was reconstruction?






26. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






27. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






28. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






29. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






30. What was the camp david accords?






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






32. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






33. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






34. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






35. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






36. Who supported manifest destiny?






37. What president had the watergate scandal?






38. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






39. Who introduced surviver benefits?






40. Who was the first VP?






41. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






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






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






44. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






45. What were the years of WWI?






46. Sedition acts






47. This president helped write the federalist papers.






48. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






49. How can a president serve up to ten years?


50. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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