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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 thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






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






3. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






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






6. How was James Garfield killed?






7. What is the Truman Doctrine?






8. How many presidents were killed in office?






9. What was the camp david accords?






10. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






11. What is the Electoral College?






12. Why did we enter WWII?






13. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






14. 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 ________.






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






16. What is the inauguration date?






17. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






18. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






19. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






20. What was the camp david accords?






21. What was the Bay of Pigs?






22. What was the New Deal?






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






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






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






26. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






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






28. Which president was former ambassador to China?






29. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






30. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






31. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton 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 went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






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






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






36. What was reconstruction?






37. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






38. What was reconstruction?






39. Which president made the panama canal?






40. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






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






42. Sedition acts






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






44. How many former vice presidents have become president?






45. What is universal health care?






46. What is the command of army act?






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






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






49. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






50. Which president served the most terms?