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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Sedition acts






2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






4. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






5. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






7. How old do you have to be to be president?






8. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






9. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?






10. Who was the youngest elected president?






11. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






12. What were the years of WWI?






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






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






15. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






16. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






17. Who had the first death in office?






18. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






19. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






20. Alien Acts






21. Alien Acts






22. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






23. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






24. which president was former head of CIA?






25. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






26. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






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






28. Who was the only president to resign?






29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






30. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






31. What president did the Berlin airlift?






32. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






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






34. What are disability benefits?






35. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






36. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






37. Who introduced social security?






38. Who is the current Vice President?






39. Which president was the youngest to serve?






40. Who was president during the Great depression?






41. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






42. What was the Banking Holiday?






43. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






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






45. Who is the current secretary of state?






46. How many presidents died in office?






47. Where did the civil war begin?






48. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






49. What does NATO stand for?






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






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