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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
Ronald Reagan
A gun
Daniel Inouye
$400000
2. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
William Jefferson Clinton
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thomas Jefferson
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
3. Who is the current speaker of the House?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
60; unconstitutional
35
John Boehner
4. Who was the first President during WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
20
Richard Nixon
The Civil War
5. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
James Polk
The north were comunists and the south were not
Gerald Ford
35
6. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Teddy Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
27
7. What month is the election in?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The White House
270
November
8. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Jimmy Carter
27
Enola Gay
South; north
9. How many presidents died in office?
8
East of Africa
In their state's capital
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
2
November 22nd - 1963
Mary Todd-Lincoln
England
11. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
John Adams
270
November
Alien and sedition acts
12. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
They were classmates in college
Peterson House; the next morning
A 2nd home for the president
Thomas Jefferson
13. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany was attacking ships
Dallas - Texas
Ronald Reagan
14. What was the league of nations?
8
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
He resigned before the impeachment trial
15. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
World War I
John Quicy Adams
April 1917- November 1918
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
16. What president did the Berlin airlift?
New Mexico to California
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
James Madison
17. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?
John Quicy Adams
Europe
A 2nd home for the president
James Madison
18. What did the monroe doctrine say?
19. Who is the current secretary of state?
Jefferson still survives
Barack Obama
8
Hillary Clinton
20. How many former vice presidents have become president?
4
A 2nd home for the president
14
Jimmy Carter
21. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
4
No
John Wilkes Booth
Ulysses S. Grant
22. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Conspiracy
James Madison
Ford's Theater
Mary Todd-Lincoln
23. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
William and Mary College
Jimmy Carter
They were classmates in college
New Mexico to California
24. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
His 5th cousin
Harry S Truman
Yes
25. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
$150000
John Tyler
22 - 24
5
26. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
1803
27. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
Medical insurance for all americans
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
28. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
14
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
30
George Washington
29. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
Yes
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
1803
30. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ford's Theater
Free the slaves in the south
6'4'
31. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
A gun
Ronald Reagan
32. Who's son is Camp David named after?
X-ray
Dwight David Eisenhower
Barack Obama
Yes
33. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
1814
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
4
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
34. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
35. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
He gets shot
Peterson House; the next morning
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Conspiracy
36. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Eleanor
January 1st - 1863
John Adams
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
37. How old do you have to be to be president?
4
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.
Revolutionary War
35
38. What was the Banking Holiday?
Ronald Reagan
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
39. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
November 1863
A gun
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
40. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
James Polk
18
Dwight David Eisenhower
Polio
41. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
January 20th
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
42. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
2
22 - 24
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
In their state's capital
43. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
The Confederate States of America
James Madison
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
French and Indian War
44. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Alien and sedition acts
Gerald Ford
Dwight David Eisenhower
45. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
Teddy Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight David Eisenhower
46. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
47. What is the Truman Doctrine?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
South; north
48. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
27
1
49. Where did the civil war begin?
The Vice President
4
Monroe
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
50. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
November 22nd - 1963
William Jefferson Clinton
Dolley