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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






2. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






3. What was the league of nations?






4. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






5. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






6. What date did the civil war begin?






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






8. What is the Truman Doctrine?






9. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






10. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






11. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






13. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






14. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






15. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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16. Why did we enter WWII?






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






18. Who introduced social security?






19. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






20. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






21. Which presidents were cousins?






22. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






23. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






24. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






25. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






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






28. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






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






30. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






31. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






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






33. Did we win the Spanish American War?






34. How many electors are in the electoral college?






35. Who was the first President during WWII?






36. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






37. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






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






39. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






40. What was the most terms served by a president?






41. What was the New Deal?






42. Who was the only catholic president?






43. What was the Berlin Airlift?






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






45. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






46. What transportation does the president get?






47. How old do you have to be to be president?






48. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






49. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






50. Who had the first death in office?