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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
444
Andrew Jackson
Harvard
The north and the south were split up
2. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
Teddy Roosevelt
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
The Vice President
3. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
John Adams
Yes
John Adams
4. What was the nullification crisis?
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5. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
November 22nd - 1963
Since birth
X-ray
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
6. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
April 12th - 1861
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He resigned before the impeachment trial
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
7. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
8. What president had the watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
27
Jefferson Davis
9. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Dolley
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
William Howard Taft
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
10. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The president
No
Europe
11. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
James Madison
Monroe
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
12. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
22 - 24
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
13. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
Medical insurance for all americans
Lyndon Johnson
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
New Mexico to California
14. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
1914-1918
William McKinley
George W. Bush
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
15. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
Harry S Truman
Polio
Thomas Jefferson
60; unconstitutional
16. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
7; 11
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
17. How many electors are in the electoral college?
538
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
18. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Revolutionary War
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Abigail
James Madison
19. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
8
William Henry Harrison
15 million
William Howard Taft
20. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Alien and sedition acts
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
21. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Kentucky; Log cabin
Alien and sedition acts
22. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
John Hinkley Jr.
23. Where do electors vote?
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24. Which presidents were cousins?
John Adams
Monroe
Thus always to tyrants
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25. What is the Electoral College?
The Gettysburg Address
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
William and Mary College
Harry S Truman
26. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
100
Jefferson Davis
George Washington
27. How many years is a presidential term?
4th
John Adams
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
4
28. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Gerald Ford
Dental; medical
Barack Obama
Ulysses S. Grant
29. Who was president during the Great depression?
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
The Confederate States of America
Monroe
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
30. What does NATO stand for?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Harry S Truman
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
31. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
South; north
James Madison
6'4'
32. What president did the Berlin airlift?
East of Africa
Mom
Harry S Truman
Since birth
33. Did we win the Spanish American War?
25
England; sailors; products
Yes
None
34. What was reconstruction?
April 12th - 1861
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
East of Africa
French and Indian War
35. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
The fourteen points
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Thus always to tyrants
George W. Bush
36. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
James Madison
4th
His wife
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
37. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
The Civil War
Harvard
14
38. Who was George Washington's wife?
Eleanor
William Jefferson Clinton
Electors
Martha
39. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
William Henry Harrison
8
Sexual harrassment
Mary Todd-Lincoln
40. What state is Camp David in?
Martha
England; sailors; products
Maryland
Yes
41. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
George H. W. Bush
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Social Security
The south
42. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Madison
William McKinley
England - France - Russia - USA
43. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Harry S Truman
Germany invaded Poland
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
44. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
No
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
1814
Gerald Ford
45. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
7; 11
20
Lyndon Johnson
46. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Jimmy Carter
Maine and Nebraska
The Gettysburg Address
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
47. What is the command of army act?
Enola Gay
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
William Henry Harrison
England
48. Who balanced the budget?
35
Martha
William Jefferson Clinton
Barack Obama
49. Who did fireside chats?
Kentucky; Log cabin
They were classmates in college
Dental; medical
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
50. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Gettysburg Address
North Atlantic Treaty Organization