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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






2. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






3. 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 ________.






4. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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5. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






6. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






7. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






8. How did William McKinley die?






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






10. What is the command of army act?






11. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






12. Why did we enter WWII?






13. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






14. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






15. Who did the Banking Holiday?






16. What does NATO stand for?






17. What are the people in the electoral college called?






18. Which president was former ambassador to China?






19. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






20. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






21. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






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






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






24. What were John Adams's last words?






25. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






26. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






27. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






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






30. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






31. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






32. How many electors are in the electoral college?






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






34. When did we enter WWII?






35. Who was the youngest elected president?






36. What were fireside chats?






37. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






38. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






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






40. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






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






42. Who's son is Camp David named after?






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






44. Which president created the University of Virgina?






45. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






46. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






47. Who was the first President during WWII?






48. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






49. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






50. Which presidents were cousins?