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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 does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






2. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






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






5. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






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






7. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






8. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






9. Who was George Washington's wife?






10. Did we win the Spanish American War?






11. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






12. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






13. Who balanced the budget?






14. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






15. Which president was former ambassador to China?






16. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






17. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






18. What date did WWII begin?






19. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






20. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






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






22. What is universal health care?






23. How many rooms in the white house?






24. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






25. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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26. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






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






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






29. What was reconstruction?






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






31. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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32. Who supported manifest destiny?






33. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






34. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






35. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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36. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






37. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






38. What president did the Berlin airlift?






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






40. Who was George Washington's wife?






41. What month is the election in?






42. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






43. Who introduced disability benefits?






44. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






45. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






46. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






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






48. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






49. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






50. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?