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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many kids did George Washington have?






2. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






3. Who was the first President during WWII?






4. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






5. Who is the current speaker of the House?






6. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






7. What was the nullification crisis?

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






9. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






10. How many years is a presidential term?






11. What is the command of army act?






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






13. Who's son is Camp David named after?






14. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






15. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






16. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






18. Who was president during the Great depression?






19. What is the command of army act?






20. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






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






22. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






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






25. What date did the civil war begin?






26. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






27. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






28. Who was the first African American President?






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






30. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






31. which president was former head of CIA?






32. How many presidents were killed in office?






33. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






34. What is universal health care?






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






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






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






38. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






39. Where does the president live for free?






40. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






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






42. What are surviver benefits?






43. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






44. What was the most terms served by a president?






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






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






47. How many electors are in the electoral college?






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






49. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






50. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?