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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 was president for the nullification crisis?






2. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






3. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






4. How many electors are in the electoral college?






5. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






6. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






7. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






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






9. Who was the first VP?






10. What is the Truman Doctrine?






11. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






12. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






13. Where was William McKinley killed?






14. how many years is a score?






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






16. How many kids did John Tyler have?






17. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






18. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






19. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






20. Who was our president during the Korean war?






21. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






22. Who introduced social security?






23. What month is the election in?






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






25. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






26. How much money does the president earn per year?






27. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






28. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






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






30. What year was the White House burnt down?






31. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






32. What war was George Washington in the military for?






33. Sedition acts






34. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






35. What date did WWII begin?






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






37. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






39. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






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






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






42. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






43. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






44. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






45. Do we vote directly for the president?






46. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






47. Who balanced the budget?






48. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






49. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






50. How many presidents died in office?