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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. What date did WWII begin?






2. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






3. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






4. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






5. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






7. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






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






9. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






11. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






12. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






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






14. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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15. How many kids did John Tyler have?






16. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






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






18. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






19. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






20. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






21. What are surviver benefits?






22. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






23. Who was George Washington's wife?






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






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






26. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






27. Who was the first VP?






28. What is Camp David?






29. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






30. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






31. What was the Berlin Airlift?






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






33. Who did fireside chats?






34. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






35. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






36. How was James Garfield killed?






37. Who was president during the Great depression?






38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






39. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






40. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






41. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






42. Who was a peanut farmer?






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






44. How old do you have to be to be president?






45. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






46. What does NATO stand for?






47. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






48. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






49. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






50. What transportation does the president get?