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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. John Adams went to what college?
His 5th cousin
Bad
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harvard
2. How many former vice presidents have become president?
April 12th - 1861
14
The Korean War
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
3. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7; 11
James Polk
George Washington
4. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Electors
Social Security
George Washington
5. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
George H. W. Bush
George Washington
December 7th - 1941
The north and the south were split up
6. Who is the current Vice President?
Joe Biden
William Henry Harrison
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
7. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
X-ray
14
1803
Andrew Jackson
8. how many years is a score?
Revolutionary War
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
20
9. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
4
James Madison
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Polio
10. What is the command of army act?
2
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
April 1917- November 1918
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
11. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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12. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
2
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
350
13. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
27
Monticello - Virginia
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Martha
14. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
25
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dental; medical
January 1st - 1863
15. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
The south
George W. Bush
His 5th cousin
Teddy Roosevelt
16. How old do you have to be to be president?
538
35
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
20
17. What was the Bay of Pigs?
60; unconstitutional
Dwight David Eisenhower
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
England - France - Russia - USA
18. What year was the White House burnt down?
1814
New Mexico to California
A support group of countries
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
19. Which president was the youngest to serve?
$400000
Massachusetts
Thus always to tyrants
Teddy Roosevelt
20. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
England
Barack Obama
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
The government
21. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
The Vice President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
22. how many years is a score?
20
8
England
$150000
23. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
6'4'
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Woodrow Wilson
24. What were fireside chats?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Speeches given for hope
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
20
25. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
1803
April 1917- November 1918
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
They were classmates in college
26. Who is the current speaker of the House?
1 million
Yes
John Boehner
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yes
28. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
England - France - Russia - USA
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Thomas Jefferson
29. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Andrew Johnson
French and Indian War
30. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
4
William Howard Taft
England - France - Russia - USA
31. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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32. Who was a peanut farmer?
Harry S Truman
January 20th
Alien and sedition acts
Jimmy Carter
33. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Jefferson Davis
The White House
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Dwight David Eisenhower
34. What is the address of the white house?
8
Acting
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Since birth
35. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
George W. Bush
Dwight David Eisenhower
William and Mary College
No
36. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
270
The fourteen points
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
A 2nd home for the president
37. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Tyler
Jefferson Davis
They were classmates in college
38. What is the command of army act?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Abigail
27
John Adams
39. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?
The president
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Barack Obama
Europe
40. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Harvard
Dolley
January 1st - 1863
Gerald Ford
41. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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42. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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43. What were the years of WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Maine and Nebraska
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
1914-1918
44. How much money does the president earn per year?
William Howard Taft
A 2nd home for the president
$400000
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Tyler
Lyndon Johnson
John Adams
46. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
James Madison
1
47. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
4th
Thomas Jefferson
8
27
48. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
England
Free the slaves in the south
James Polk
Jefferson Davis
49. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Lyndon Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
50. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
4th
Andrew Jackson
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
South; north