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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who introduced social security?
Richard Nixon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
27
William Jefferson Clinton
2. Who was the only catholic president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George Washington
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Medical insurance for all americans
3. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
John Adams
5
4. Who introduced social security?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Speeches given for hope
5. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
The north and the south were split up
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
The Civil War
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Electors
7. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
35
Germany was attacking ships
James Madison
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
8. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
Andrew Johnson
George Washington
Dwight David Eisenhower
Martha
9. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
William McKinley
15 million
Andrew Jackson
They were classmates in college
10. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
Teddy Roosevelt
1
In their state's capital
444
11. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
2
South; north
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
12. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Massachusetts
His wife
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Yes
13. How can a president serve up to ten years?
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14. Why did WWII begin?
Germany invaded Poland
2
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
15. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Alien and sedition acts
35
East of Africa
The government
16. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
John Wilkes Booth
The south
Germany invaded Poland
Gerald Ford
17. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Harry S Truman
George H. W. Bush
England - France - Russia - USA
The north were comunists and the south were not
18. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Ronald Reagan
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
19. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Thomas Jefferson
4
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
20. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
James Madison
His wife
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
21. What were the years of WWI?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
1914-1918
Ronald Reagan
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
22. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Jefferson Clinton
Polio
William Henry Harrison
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
23. John Adams went to what college?
Dental; medical
England; sailors; products
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Harvard
24. What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Teddy Roosevelt
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
25. Why did we enter WWII?
England - France - Russia - USA
England; sailors; products
William Jefferson Clinton
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
26. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Teddy Roosevelt
Joe Biden
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Peterson House; the next morning
27. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
He resigned before the impeachment trial
28. Who is the current secretary of state?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
England - France - Russia - USA
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
29. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
The fourteen points
A gun
William Jefferson Clinton
French and Indian War
30. What is the address of the white house?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Wilkes Booth
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
31. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
John Wilkes Booth
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Barack Obama
32. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
25
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
No
John Tyler
33. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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
Teddy Roosevelt
Gerald Ford
34. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
Jimmy Carter
No
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A gun
35. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S Truman
George W. Bush
November 1863
36. Who built the Interstate Highway System?
Teddy Roosevelt
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Barack Obama
Dwight David Eisenhower
37. What was the league of nations?
35
Europe
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
George Washington
38. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Polio
350
Revolutionary War
18
39. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
John Quicy Adams
Maine and Nebraska
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
40. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The north and the south were split up
41. What was the Bay of Pigs?
James Madison
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Teddy Roosevelt
Europe
42. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England - France - Russia - USA
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Woodrow Wilson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
43. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
John Tyler
Zapruder film
George H. W. Bush
132
44. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Conspiracy
5
45. How many presidents were killed in office?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
4
Richard Nixon
Teddy Roosevelt
46. which president was former head of CIA?
22 - 24
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
George H. W. Bush
A 2nd home for the president
47. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
None
48. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Woodrow Wilson
William Jefferson Clinton
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Perjury and obstruction of justice
49. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Electors
William Jefferson Clinton
Yes
Abraham Lincoln
50. Which president started the two term tradition?
January 20th
George Washington
Martha
Civil War