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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






2. Who was the first VP?






3. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






4. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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5. Why did WWI happen?






6. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






7. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






8. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






9. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






11. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






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






13. Who was the only president to resign?






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






15. What was reconstruction?






16. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






17. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






18. Why did we enter WWII?






19. Alien Acts






20. Who passed Universal health care?






21. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






22. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






24. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






25. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






26. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






27. How many rooms in the white house?






28. Which president was former ambassador to China?






29. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






30. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?






31. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






32. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






33. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






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






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






37. Sedition acts






38. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






39. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






40. What is the address of the white house?






41. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






42. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






43. How was James Garfield killed?






44. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






45. What college did George Washington go to?






46. Which presidents were cousins?






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






48. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






49. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






50. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?