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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. Where was William McKinley killed?






2. Why did WWI happen?






3. What is the Truman Doctrine?






4. Which president made the panama canal?






5. What date did WWII begin?






6. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






7. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






8. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






9. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






10. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






11. John Adams went to what college?






12. What state was John Adams from?






13. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






14. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






15. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






16. What are surviver benefits?






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






18. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






19. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






20. Who did fireside chats?






21. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






23. What were John Adams's last words?






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






25. Where do electors vote?

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26. Who was the youngest elected president?






27. What is the Electoral College?






28. Who is the current secretary of state?






29. Who introduced surviver benefits?






30. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






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






32. How many former vice presidents have become president?






33. Who invaded Iraq?






34. Which president created the University of Virgina?






35. Sedition acts






36. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






37. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






38. What are surviver benefits?






39. John Adams went to what college?






40. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






41. Which president served the most terms?






42. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






43. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






44. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






45. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






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






47. What month and day do we vote for the president?






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






49. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






50. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?