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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. how many years is a score?






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






3. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






5. What president did the Berlin airlift?






6. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






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






8. Do we vote directly for the president?






9. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






10. Who is the current speaker of the House?






11. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






12. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






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






14. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






15. Where was William McKinley killed?






16. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






17. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






18. How was James Garfield killed?






19. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






20. What date did the civil war begin?






21. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






22. What was the Bay of Pigs?






23. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






24. Who introduced disability benefits?






25. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






26. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






27. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






28. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






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






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






31. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






33. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






34. What month and day do we vote for the president?






35. Where did the civil war begin?






36. Who balanced the budget?






37. What was the camp david accords?






38. What is the address of the white house?






39. Why did we invade Iraq?

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40. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






41. Who was president during the Great depression?






42. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






43. What transportation does the president get?






44. which president was former head of CIA?






45. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






46. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






47. How many years is a presidential term?






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






49. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






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