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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






2. John Adams went to what college?






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






4. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






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






7. How many electors are in the electoral college?






8. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?


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






10. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






11. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






12. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






13. What transportation does the president get?






14. What was the Banking Holiday?






15. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






16. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






17. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






19. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






21. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






22. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






23. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






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






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






26. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






27. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






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






29. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






30. Who supported manifest destiny?






31. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






32. Where was William McKinley killed?






33. What state was John Adams from?






34. 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 ________.






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






36. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






37. Who passed Universal health care?






38. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






39. What was the nullification crisis?


40. Who introduced social security?






41. What is the command of army act?






42. What were fireside chats?






43. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






44. What was the New Deal?






45. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






47. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






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






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






50. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?