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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Ford's Theater
Peterson House; the next morning
January 1st - 1863
2. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
His wife
William and Mary College
Revolutionary War
Thomas Jefferson
3. Who was the first VP?
John Adams
4
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Teddy Roosevelt
4. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Lyndon Johnson
George Washington
The Vice President
5. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
Mary Todd-Lincoln
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Polio
Jimmy Carter
6. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
5
1
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
7. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
USA
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
1803
8. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Revolutionary War
9. Which president was the youngest to serve?
Teddy Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Harry S Truman
10. Which president was former ambassador to China?
6'4'
Abraham Lincoln
George H. W. Bush
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
11. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
Medical insurance for all americans
The Confederate States of America
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
George Washington
12. Who is the current Vice President?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Joe Biden
Civil rights
Harry S Truman
13. Who had the first death in office?
South; north
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
William Henry Harrison
John Adams
14. What are surviver benefits?
Acting
Thomas Jefferson
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
8
15. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
He was shot
Harry S Truman
$400000
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
16. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
January 1st - 1863
1 million
James Madison
Eleanor
17. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
1914-1918
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Georgia
18. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
The White House
4th
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Peterson House; the next morning
19. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?
1 million
1 million
Monroe
Universal health care
20. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?
November 1863
The north and the south were split up
Gerald Ford
January 1st - 1863
21. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Yes
Harry S Truman
Buffalo - New York
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
22. What month and day do we vote for the president?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
The Vice President
444
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
23. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Woodrow Wilson
6'4'
Thomas Jefferson
24. What was the New Deal?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
25. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
The south
Maryland
7; 11
26. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
22 - 24
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
New Mexico to California
27. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Dolley
Harry S Truman
Teddy Roosevelt
28. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
The White House
Martha
He gets shot
Since birth
29. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
30. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
7; 11
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Ronald Reagan
27
31. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Ulysses S. Grant
Yes
Medical insurance for all americans
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
32. How many rooms in the white house?
Woodrow Wilson
William and Mary College
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
132
33. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Ronald Reagan
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
27
34. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.
Conspiracy
Revolutionary War
1 million
15
35. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
Jefferson still survives
Electors
The north were comunists and the south were not
Maine and Nebraska
36. What is the command of army act?
4
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
A support group of countries
None
37. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Zapruder film
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A 2nd home for the president
38. What college did George Washington go to?
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
None
Medical insurance for all americans
Alien and sedition acts
39. What was reconstruction?
Gerald Ford
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Speeches given for hope
World War I
40. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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41. What was the most terms served by a president?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
4
Teddy Roosevelt
8
42. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abigail
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
15
43. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
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44. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Polio
William Henry Harrison
Richard Nixon
Lee Harvey Oswald
45. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
14
46. What are disability benefits?
1 million
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
8
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
47. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Jefferson still survives
Social Security
January 1st - 1863
John Adams
48. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
Mount Vernon - Virginia
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
270
Lyndon Johnson
49. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.
60; unconstitutional
1914-1918
4th
Georgia
50. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Germany invaded Poland
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
South; north
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
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