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






2. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






3. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






4. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






5. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






6. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






7. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






8. Who was president during the Great depression?






9. What was the nullification crisis?


10. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






11. Who did the Banking Holiday?






12. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






13. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






14. Which president made the panama canal?






15. Who was the first VP?






16. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






17. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


18. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






19. Where was William McKinley killed?






20. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






21. What year was the White House burnt down?






22. Why did WWI happen?






23. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






24. James Madison's wife is famous for...






25. 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 ________.






26. What were fireside chats?






27. What date did the civil war begin?






28. How many years is a presidential term?






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






30. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






32. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?


33. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






34. How many former vice presidents have become president?






35. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






36. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






37. which president was former head of CIA?






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






39. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






40. Who was the only catholic president?






41. Who is the current Vice President?






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






43. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






44. What president did the Berlin airlift?






45. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






46. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






47. What was the Banking Holiday?






48. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






49. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






50. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?