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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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2. Who's son is Camp David named after?
William Jefferson Clinton
John Tyler
Dwight David Eisenhower
60; unconstitutional
3. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
538
Teddy Roosevelt
Buffalo - New York
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.
4. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Yes
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
1914-1918
5. What is universal health care?
Peterson House; the next morning
Medical insurance for all americans
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
538
6. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
22 - 24
Martha
Jimmy Carter
7. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Acting
No
Since birth
15
8. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Maryland
He resigned before the impeachment trial
9. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harry S Truman
60; unconstitutional
His 5th cousin
10. Who was the first VP?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
Woodrow Wilson
11. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
James Madison
Harry S Truman
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
12. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The south
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
13. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Georgia
Yes
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
September 1st - 1939
14. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Since birth
Monticello - Virginia
James Madison
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
15. Where do electors vote?
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16. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
Peterson House; the next morning
Mary Todd-Lincoln
8
Self
17. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
England - France - Russia - USA
Revolutionary War
Lee Harvey Oswald
18. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Kentucky; Log cabin
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Conspiracy
19. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Teddy Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
September 1st - 1939
20. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
South; north
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
21. What is the address of the white house?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
15 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
William and Mary College
James Polk
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Barack Obama
23. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dallas - Texas
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.
Medical insurance for all americans
24. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Joe Biden
Acting
60; unconstitutional
$400000
25. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
8
4th
$400000
USA
26. which president was former head of CIA?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George H. W. Bush
27. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Barack Obama
Martha
William McKinley
28. Which president was the youngest to serve?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
A support group of countries
29. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
8
Germany invaded Poland
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
30. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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31. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
X-ray
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32. What is the Truman Doctrine?
George H. W. Bush
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
33. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
William Jefferson Clinton
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A gun
34. What was the Banking Holiday?
John Hinkley Jr.
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
James Madison
35. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
George Washington
Barack Obama
36. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Civil rights
Woodrow Wilson
Speeches given for hope
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
37. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
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.
England
Europe
1
38. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
No
7; 11
World War I
Free the slaves in the south
39. What was the nullification crisis?
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40. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
James Madison
538
Alien and sedition acts
The Confederate States of America
41. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
Lyndon Johnson
The fourteen points
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Monroe
42. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
George Washington
Peterson House; the next morning
43. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
The Confederate States of America
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
New Mexico to California
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
44. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
Jefferson Davis
Richard Nixon
Civil rights
The Vice President
45. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
Europe
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
30
46. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
20
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Barack Obama
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
47. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Social Security
John Wilkes Booth
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Peterson House; the next morning
48. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Martha
6'4'
Thomas Jefferson
Dwight David Eisenhower
49. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
Joe Biden
William Jefferson Clinton
Dallas - Texas
His 5th cousin
50. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Acting
Harry S Truman
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
1 million