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






2. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






3. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






4. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






5. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






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






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






8. When did we enter WWII?






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






10. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






12. Who was the first VP?






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






14. Who is the current Vice President?






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






16. Why did WWII begin?






17. What was the league of nations?






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






19. What transportation does the president get?






20. What was the camp david accords?






21. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






22. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






23. Where was George Washington born?






24. What are surviver benefits?






25. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






26. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






27. Which president was former ambassador to China?






28. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






30. What are disability benefits?






31. What state was John Adams from?






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






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






34. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






35. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






37. Who was the first VP?






38. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






39. How many rooms in the white house?






40. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






41. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






42. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






43. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






44. Where did the civil war begin?






45. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






46. Why did we enter WWII?






47. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






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






49. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






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