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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. What is the Truman Doctrine?






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






3. Why did WWI happen?






4. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






5. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






6. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






7. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






8. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






9. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






10. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






11. Who is the current secretary of state?






12. How many presidents died in office?






13. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






14. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






15. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






16. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






17. What was the league of nations?






18. What were the years of WWI?






19. Which president was the youngest to serve?






20. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






21. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






22. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






23. What state is Camp David in?






24. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






25. Why did we invade Iraq?

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26. Who's son is Camp David named after?






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






28. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






29. Which president created the University of Virgina?






30. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






31. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






32. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






33. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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34. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






35. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






36. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






37. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






38. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






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






40. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






41. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






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






43. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






44. What date did WWII begin?






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






46. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






47. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






48. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






49. Who was Deep Throat?






50. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?