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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Teddy Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
35
January 1st - 1863
2. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Peterson House; the next morning
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
The north and the south were split up
3. What was the Banking Holiday?
England
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
14
4. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
James Madison
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
5. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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6. How many former vice presidents have become president?
The Civil War
Germany invaded Poland
South; north
14
7. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
Ronald Reagan
14
John Quicy Adams
None
8. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England - France - Russia - USA
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
9. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Electors
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Europe
The Civil War
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Thomas Jefferson
11. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
April 1917- November 1918
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
12. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
No
In their state's capital
100
He resigned before the impeachment trial
13. Who was the first President during WWII?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight David Eisenhower
14. Who did fireside chats?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
George Washington
East of Africa
15. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Woodrow Wilson
William Henry Harrison
Abigail
16. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
November 22nd - 1963
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Medical insurance for all americans
17. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
None
Gerald Ford
Andrew Jackson
William Jefferson Clinton
18. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Massachusetts
James Madison
November 1863
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
19. Who is the current speaker of the House?
14
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
John Boehner
Civil rights
20. Who was President during the Spanish American War?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
East of Africa
Robert E. Lee
William McKinley
21. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
14
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
18
22. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
South; north
Universal health care
Germany was attacking ships
Daniel Inouye
23. Who passed Universal health care?
444
1
Barack Obama
Harry S Truman
24. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
The government
Jimmy Carter
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
444
25. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
Medical insurance for all americans
5
Ulysses S. Grant
6'4'
26. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
They were classmates in college
Eleanor
5
William Howard Taft
27. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
East of Africa
Teddy Roosevelt
New Mexico to California
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
28. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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29. Who was Deep Throat?
538
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1914-1918
30. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
George Washington
Civil War
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
31. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
George W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alien and sedition acts
Medical insurance for all americans
32. Why did WWI happen?
George H. W. Bush
Martha
He gets shot
Germany was attacking ships
33. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
Dallas - Texas
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
William Howard Taft
George Washington
34. What was the league of nations?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
No
Andrew Jackson
35. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Hillary Clinton
25
1803
Dwight David Eisenhower
36. Who was George Washington's wife?
Electors
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Martha
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
37. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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38. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
A 2nd home for the president
538
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Vice President
39. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
None
15
Speeches given for hope
40. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
November
Woodrow Wilson
41. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Jimmy Carter
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Abraham Lincoln
The Confederate States of America
42. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
Joe Biden
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
George W. Bush
43. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
William Henry Harrison
William Jefferson Clinton
The Gettysburg Address
44. Who introduced social security?
Medical insurance for all americans
350
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. Who was president during the Great depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
270
Teddy Roosevelt
The Confederate States of America
46. How was James Garfield killed?
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
The north and the south were split up
47. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
John Hinkley Jr.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
The Gettysburg Address
James Madison
48. What state is Camp David in?
Maryland
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
49. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
Gerald Ford
14
30
Speeches given for hope
50. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
John Quicy Adams
William Henry Harrison
The north were comunists and the south were not
Jimmy Carter