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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. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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2. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






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






5. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






6. Who was the first VP?






7. Who was the only president to resign?






8. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






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






10. 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 ________.






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






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






13. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






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






16. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






17. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






18. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






19. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






20. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






21. What does NATO stand for?






22. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






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






24. how many years is a score?






25. What president did the Berlin airlift?






26. Who had the shortest presidency?






27. Sedition acts






28. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






29. What was the Berlin Airlift?






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






31. Who was George Washington's wife?






32. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






33. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






34. Who did fireside chats?






35. Who was the first President during WWII?






36. What is universal health care?






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






38. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






39. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






40. Who was Deep Throat?






41. How many kids did John Tyler have?






42. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






44. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






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






46. What were fireside chats?






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






48. What are disability benefits?






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






50. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?