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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Civil War
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Jimmy Carter
2. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
William Jefferson Clinton
The north and the south were split up
William McKinley
Maryland
3. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?
Polio
Georgia
William Jefferson Clinton
James Madison
4. What president did the Berlin airlift?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Harry S Truman
Abigail
14
5. What is the inauguration date?
January 20th
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Maine and Nebraska
6. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
James Madison
Kentucky; Log cabin
444
Speeches given for hope
7. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
Barack Obama
Peterson House; the next morning
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
Teddy Roosevelt
8. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Eleanor
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
John Boehner
9. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
William Howard Taft
John Adams
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
10. What is Camp David?
French and Indian War
Sexual harrassment
A 2nd home for the president
Kentucky; Log cabin
11. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
John Wilkes Booth
Mary Todd-Lincoln
100
The Gettysburg Address
12. Who passed Universal health care?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Eleanor
Dwight David Eisenhower
13. John Adams went to what college?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Conspiracy
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Harvard
14. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
The Vice President
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
George Washington
15. Who was president for the nullification crisis?
Andrew Jackson
Monticello - Virginia
George Washington
4
16. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
8
14
Thomas Jefferson
1803
17. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
William Jefferson Clinton
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Conspiracy
Monroe
18. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
Social Security
14
John Tyler
Teddy Roosevelt
19. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
350
Acting
John Adams
Ford's Theater
20. Where do electors vote?
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21. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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22. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Jimmy Carter
Medical insurance for all americans
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
23. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
French and Indian War
Thomas Jefferson
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
William Henry Harrison
24. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
A support group of countries
South; north
James Madison
Richard Nixon
25. How many years is a presidential term?
John Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
4
26. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
20
Barack Obama
The south
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
27. How many years is a presidential term?
15 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
4
28. What is the Truman Doctrine?
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Andrew Johnson
29. Who supported manifest destiny?
Peterson House; the next morning
Sexual harrassment
Barack Obama
James Polk
30. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
100
Dental; medical
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Richard Nixon
31. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
None
The Confederate States of America
6'4'
The Civil War
32. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
The Vice President
Ulysses S. Grant
The government
April 1917- November 1918
33. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
34. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
George H. W. Bush
John Hinkley Jr.
27
Enola Gay
35. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
New Mexico to California
South; north
England - France - Russia - USA
2
36. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Daniel Inouye
Teddy Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
37. What are disability benefits?
Jimmy Carter
Daniel Inouye
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
The White House
38. What were the years of WWI?
60; unconstitutional
1914-1918
George H. W. Bush
Lyndon Johnson
39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
A 2nd home for the president
Richard Nixon
William Henry Harrison
Mom
40. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
No
His wife
Europe
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
41. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
James Madison
James Madison
Harry S Truman
April 12th - 1861
42. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
Barack Obama
The Civil War
Abigail
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
43. What war was George Washington in the military for?
French and Indian War
Thomas Jefferson
The Vice President
Richard Nixon
44. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
25
444
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
45. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Alien and sedition acts
27
Kentucky; Log cabin
A 2nd home for the president
46. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
The fourteen points
John Hinkley Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
47. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
Social Security
Eleanor
William Jefferson Clinton
A support group of countries
48. How many presidents died in office?
100
Electors
November 22nd - 1963
8
49. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Daniel Inouye
John Adams
50. What date did the civil war begin?
April 12th - 1861
Barack Obama
Medical insurance for all americans
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged