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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. This president helped write the federalist papers.
22 - 24
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
Teddy Roosevelt
2. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
The Gettysburg Address
35
Harry S Truman
Speeches given for hope
3. Who is the current speaker of the House?
15
John Boehner
Dallas - Texas
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
4. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
James Polk
Jefferson still survives
John Quicy Adams
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
5. Who introduced disability benefits?
George Washington
USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Enola Gay
6. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
Conspiracy
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
His 5th cousin
7. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
January 1st - 1863
Dental; medical
James Polk
William Howard Taft
8. How many years is a presidential term?
Daniel Inouye
Medical insurance for all americans
James Madison
4
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
November
4
Andrew Jackson
4th
10. What year was the White House burnt down?
1814
John Hinkley Jr.
Teddy Roosevelt
Universal health care
11. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
538
Bad
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Hillary Clinton
12. What is Camp David?
John Adams
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
William Henry Harrison
A 2nd home for the president
13. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
$150000
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
35
14. Who's son is Camp David named after?
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
James Madison
The Confederate States of America
Dwight David Eisenhower
15. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Self
William Henry Harrison
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Civil rights
16. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Monticello - Virginia
His wife
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
17. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Dwight David Eisenhower
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
18. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
Barack Obama
Maine and Nebraska
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
19. What transportation does the president get?
Germany invaded Poland
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Lyndon Johnson
20. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Abigail
George H. W. Bush
They were classmates in college
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
21. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Harry S Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
7; 11
22. Who supported manifest destiny?
Andrew Johnson
James Polk
444
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
23. How many kids did George Washington have?
0
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington
A 2nd home for the president
24. Who introduced social security?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Mary Todd-Lincoln
25. What is the command of army act?
Bad
Gerald Ford
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Buffalo - New York
26. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
$150000
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
15 million
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
27. What is the command of army act?
Daniel Inouye
132
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
28. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.
Revolutionary War
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sexual harrassment
The south
29. Who had the first death in office?
East of Africa
Dallas - Texas
William Henry Harrison
New Mexico to California
30. Who was a peanut farmer?
Sexual harrassment
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Jimmy Carter
31. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
4
Sexual harrassment
4
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
32. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Yes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harry S Truman
33. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
Buffalo - New York
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
34. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
Barack Obama
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His wife
35. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
The north were comunists and the south were not
Woodrow Wilson
George H. W. Bush
Harvard
36. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
November 1863
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
John Quicy Adams
37. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Alien and sedition acts
Hillary Clinton
William Henry Harrison
The Korean War
38. Who was the first VP?
John Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
39. Who did the Banking Holiday?
Andrew Jackson
The Korean War
15 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
40. Who was the only catholic president?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Woodrow Wilson
41. What is the Electoral College?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Self
42. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
Lyndon Johnson
April 12th - 1861
Ulysses S. Grant
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
43. What is the Truman Doctrine?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
44. Who was the only president to resign?
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. What is the address of the white house?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
His wife
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
William Jefferson Clinton
46. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
25
Teddy Roosevelt
No
His 5th cousin
47. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
The Gettysburg Address
Gerald Ford
James Madison
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
48. What was the camp david accords?
Monroe
George H. W. Bush
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Thomas Jefferson
49. What month and day do we vote for the president?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
George H. W. Bush
Daniel Inouye
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
50. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
Woodrow Wilson
4
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
He fired the Secretary of War Staton