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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Lyndon Johnson
$400000
His wife
1
2. Who was the first President during WWII?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
Sexual harrassment
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$150000
4. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
William Henry Harrison
5. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Enola Gay
William Jefferson Clinton
27
Woodrow Wilson
7. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Lee Harvey Oswald
25
Dwight David Eisenhower
8. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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9. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
0
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
April 1917- November 1918
10. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Woodrow Wilson
11. Why did WWII begin?
2
Civil rights
Germany invaded Poland
In their state's capital
12. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
0
22 - 24
Andrew Johnson
Monroe
13. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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14. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Jimmy Carter
John Tyler
4th
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
15. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
None
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The north were comunists and the south were not
16. Which president made the panama canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
Social Security
Dwight David Eisenhower
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
17. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
They were classmates in college
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Abraham Lincoln
18. What transportation does the president get?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Dwight David Eisenhower
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
19. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
William Jefferson Clinton
1
The Confederate States of America
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
20. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
The government
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
4
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
21. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
April 1917- November 1918
X-ray
England - France - Russia - USA
22. Alien Acts
The south
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
23. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
James Polk
The Confederate States of America
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Harry S Truman
24. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Harry S Truman
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
25. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
1803
George H. W. Bush
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
26. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Barack Obama
15 million
His 5th cousin
27. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Dwight David Eisenhower
444
Eleanor
28. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Gerald Ford
George Washington
Perjury and obstruction of justice
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
29. What is the Truman Doctrine?
A gun
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Yes
30. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Maine and Nebraska
A gun
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
35
31. What were fireside chats?
Ronald Reagan
He resigned before the impeachment trial
Speeches given for hope
James Madison
32. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Ford's Theater
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Teddy Roosevelt
33. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
England - France - Russia - USA
Abigail
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
James Madison
34. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
John Hinkley Jr.
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
35. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
New Mexico to California
8
Jimmy Carter
36. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.
Jefferson still survives
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
Mount Vernon - Virginia
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
37. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
Dwight David Eisenhower
20
William Jefferson Clinton
38. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
James Madison
USA
39. Did we win the Spanish American War?
November
132
Yes
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
40. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
George H. W. Bush
Daniel Inouye
1803
Joe Biden
41. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
100
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
42. What was the camp david accords?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Dolley
43. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
Speeches given for hope
Barack Obama
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
44. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S Truman
Ulysses S. Grant
Maine and Nebraska
45. When did we enter WWII?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
December 7th - 1941
He resigned before the impeachment trial
The Civil War
46. What state is Camp David in?
January 1st - 1863
Maryland
A 2nd home for the president
Enola Gay
47. Who is the current Vice President?
The Korean War
Hillary Clinton
Dwight David Eisenhower
Joe Biden
48. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Robert E. Lee
$400000
South; north
William Jefferson Clinton
49. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
George Washington
Polio
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
50. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
8
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Dolley