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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. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






2. Sedition acts






3. What president had the watergate scandal?






4. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






5. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






6. What was the Berlin Airlift?






7. Who had the shortest presidency?






8. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






9. What was the most terms served by a president?






10. Who balanced the budget?






11. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






12. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






13. What are surviver benefits?






14. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






15. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






16. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






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






19. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






20. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






21. What were the years of WWI?






22. What month is the election in?






23. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






24. Who passed Universal health care?






25. How many kids did George Washington have?






26. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






27. What is Camp David?






28. Who supported manifest destiny?






29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






30. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






31. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






32. Who did fireside chats?






33. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






34. Who was the first African American President?






35. What was the New Deal?






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






37. which president was former head of CIA?






38. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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39. Alien Acts






40. How many years is a presidential term?






41. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






42. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






43. Who invaded Iraq?






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






45. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






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






47. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






48. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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49. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






50. This president swam naked in the Potomac River