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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
East of Africa
Europe
2. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The Civil War
William Howard Taft
Yes
3. How old do you have to be to be president?
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
Universal health care
35
Harry S Truman
4. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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5. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
None
Abraham Lincoln
England - France - Russia - USA
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
6. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
November
Dental; medical
Dental; medical
Conspiracy
7. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
Acting
Europe
John Quicy Adams
Jefferson still survives
8. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
8
1814
The Vice President
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
9. Why did WWI happen?
Germany was attacking ships
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
He resigned before the impeachment trial
10. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
November 1863
Lyndon Johnson
14
Eleanor
11. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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12. What is the Electoral College?
Ronald Reagan
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The south
13. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
15
Harry S Truman
Monroe
A support group of countries
14. What is the Electoral College?
Woodrow Wilson
1814
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
270
15. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Yes
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
27
Harry S Truman
16. What date did WWII begin?
Conspiracy
Dental; medical
Yes
September 1st - 1939
17. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Harry S Truman
Maine and Nebraska
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
18. Who is the current Vice President?
Joe Biden
George Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
19. What were fireside chats?
Speeches given for hope
They were classmates in college
George Washington
1 million
20. How many electors are in the electoral college?
538
John Tyler
John Quicy Adams
4
21. Which president served the most terms?
George Washington
30
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George H. W. Bush
22. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5
George W. Bush
Mary Todd-Lincoln
23. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
They were classmates in college
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jefferson Davis
24. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Jefferson Davis
25
25. What month and day do we vote for the president?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Jimmy Carter
William Henry Harrison
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
26. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
22 - 24
Teddy Roosevelt
350
Social Security
27. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
September 1st - 1939
The Vice President
444
28. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
Daniel Inouye
James Madison
Maine and Nebraska
April 12th - 1861
29. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Medical insurance for all americans
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Europe
30. What are disability benefits?
No
Thomas Jefferson
Thus always to tyrants
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
31. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
He gets shot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
7; 11
Woodrow Wilson
A 2nd home for the president
Revolutionary War
33. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Hillary Clinton
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
September 1st - 1939
34. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
4
35. Who supported manifest destiny?
No
James Polk
George H. W. Bush
Harvard
36. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Ulysses S. Grant
The president
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Adams
37. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
25
South; north
Civil rights
38. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
7; 11
1 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14
39. Who was the first VP?
Barack Obama
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
William Henry Harrison
John Adams
40. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
George Washington
November 22nd - 1963
4
Jefferson Davis
41. Where do electors vote?
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42. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
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.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Peterson House; the next morning
The Gettysburg Address
43. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
John Quicy Adams
44. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.
Medical insurance for all americans
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Richard Nixon
45. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Thomas Jefferson
14
George Washington
Dwight David Eisenhower
46. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Medical insurance for all americans
January 20th
Dolley
Civil rights
47. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Mom
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Abraham Lincoln
48. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Andrew Johnson
Alien and sedition acts
Self
James Madison
49. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
East of Africa
John Wilkes Booth
50. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?
James Madison
8
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
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