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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. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






2. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






3. Who is the current Vice President?






4. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






5. What was the camp david accords?






6. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






7. Who was the first African American President?






8. Which presidents were cousins?






9. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






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






12. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






13. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






14. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






16. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






17. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






18. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






19. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






20. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






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






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






23. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






24. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






25. When did we enter WWII?






26. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






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






29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






30. What was the Banking Holiday?






31. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






32. How many presidents were killed in office?






33. Do we vote directly for the president?






34. How many presidents died in office?






35. Who had the shortest presidency?






36. What is the inauguration date?






37. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






38. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






39. Do we vote directly for the president?






40. Who was a peanut farmer?






41. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






42. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






43. Why did we enter WWII?






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






45. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






46. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






47. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






48. What state is Camp David in?






49. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






50. What was the nullification crisis?

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