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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. John Adams went to what college?






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






3. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






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






5. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






6. Which president served the most terms?






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






8. James Madison's wife is famous for...






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






10. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






11. What is Camp David?






12. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






13. Why did we enter WWII?






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






15. When did we enter WWII?






16. Who had the shortest presidency?






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






18. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






19. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






20. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






21. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






22. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






23. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






24. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






25. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






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






28. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






29. What president did the Berlin airlift?






30. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






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






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






33. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






34. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






35. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






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






37. What were the years of WWI?






38. How can a president serve up to ten years?

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






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






41. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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42. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






43. Who invaded Iraq?






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






45. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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46. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






47. What does NATO stand for?






48. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






49. What is the Truman Doctrine?






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