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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






2. Who did the Banking Holiday?






3. What was the Banking Holiday?






4. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






5. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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6. How many former vice presidents have become president?






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






8. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






9. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






10. Which president created the University of Virgina?






11. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






13. Who was the first President during WWII?






14. Who did fireside chats?






15. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






16. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






17. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






18. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






19. Who is the current speaker of the House?






20. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






21. How did William McKinley die?






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






23. Who passed Universal health care?






24. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






25. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?






26. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






27. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






28. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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29. Who was Deep Throat?






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






31. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






32. Why did WWI happen?






33. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






34. What was the league of nations?






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






36. Who was George Washington's wife?






37. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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38. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






39. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






40. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






41. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






42. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






43. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






44. Who introduced social security?






45. Who was president during the Great depression?






46. How was James Garfield killed?






47. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






48. What state is Camp David in?






49. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






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