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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
2. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
25
0
3. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinkley Jr.
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
4. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Woodrow Wilson
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
5. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Perjury and obstruction of justice
George Washington
15
6. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
April 1917- November 1918
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Massachusetts
Social Security
7. What was the New Deal?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
8. What was the league of nations?
George H. W. Bush
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Lyndon Johnson
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
9. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
The White House
The Civil War
10. Who had the first death in office?
William Henry Harrison
George Washington
September 1st - 1939
William Jefferson Clinton
11. Which president served the most terms?
John Quicy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Harry S Truman
12. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
13. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
4
14. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Lyndon Johnson
Conspiracy
Polio
John Hinkley Jr.
15. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
None
William Jefferson Clinton
Harry S Truman
4th
16. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
None
Teddy Roosevelt
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The Confederate States of America
17. Did we win the Spanish American War?
$400000
Yes
A 2nd home for the president
Jimmy Carter
18. Do we vote directly for the president?
Barack Obama
Since birth
No
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
19. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
England
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Zapruder film
James Madison
20. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Richard Nixon
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Mom
21. 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 ________.
Conspiracy
Thomas Jefferson
The fourteen points
Abraham Lincoln
22. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Richard Nixon
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
23. Which president served the most terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
James Madison
132
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
24. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Universal health care
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Abraham Lincoln
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
25. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
January 1st - 1863
Daniel Inouye
X-ray
26. Who was George Washington's wife?
Woodrow Wilson
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
1814
Martha
27. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
William Jefferson Clinton
Bad
No
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
28. How many rooms in the white house?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Mom
Teddy Roosevelt
132
29. Who supported manifest destiny?
James Polk
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Georgia
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
30. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Civil rights
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
31. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
Harry S Truman
The Confederate States of America
100
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
32. What does NATO stand for?
Hillary Clinton
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. Who's son is Camp David named after?
USA
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Quicy Adams
The president
34. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Thomas Jefferson
Kentucky; Log cabin
January 20th
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
35. What is the command of army act?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
The president
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
36. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
1
Richard Nixon
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New Mexico to California
37. What does NATO stand for?
The Civil War
Woodrow Wilson
Since birth
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
38. which president was former head of CIA?
Lyndon Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
George H. W. Bush
1914-1918
39. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Harry S Truman
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
John Adams
40. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Maine and Nebraska
Speeches given for hope
November 22nd - 1963
41. Did we win the Spanish American War?
John Quicy Adams
8
Yes
Dwight David Eisenhower
42. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
The Vice President
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
43. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The Vice President
The Gettysburg Address
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
44. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Monroe
Teddy Roosevelt
January 20th
John Wilkes Booth
45. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Abraham Lincoln
They were classmates in college
New Mexico to California
George W. Bush
46. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas - Texas
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
French and Indian War
47. How many electors are in the electoral college?
100
Civil War
John Adams
538
48. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Lyndon Johnson
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Eleanor
Dwight David Eisenhower
49. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Bad
30
George Washington
50. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Lyndon Johnson
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
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