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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. Who introduced social security?






2. Who was the only catholic president?






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






4. Who introduced social security?






5. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






6. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






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






8. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






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






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






11. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






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






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

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14. Why did WWII begin?






15. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






17. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






18. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






19. James Madison's wife is famous for...






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






21. What were the years of WWI?






22. Who had the shortest presidency?






23. John Adams went to what college?






24. What does NATO stand for?






25. Why did we enter WWII?






26. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






27. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






28. Who is the current secretary of state?






29. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






30. What is the address of the white house?






31. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






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






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






34. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






35. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






36. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






37. What was the league of nations?






38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






39. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






40. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






41. What was the Bay of Pigs?






42. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






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






44. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






45. How many presidents were killed in office?






46. which president was former head of CIA?






47. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






48. What was the Bay of Pigs?






49. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






50. Which president started the two term tradition?