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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What were John Adams's last words?
18
USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jefferson still survives
2. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
15 million
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Electors
3. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
William Jefferson Clinton
Lee Harvey Oswald
The north and the south were split up
Perjury and obstruction of justice
4. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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5. Who passed Universal health care?
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Barack Obama
8
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
6. What does NATO stand for?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 million
7. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
25
Ulysses S. Grant
8. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Daniel Inouye
Buffalo - New York
Civil War
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
9. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
The government
Enola Gay
10. Who was president during the Great depression?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
11. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
12. When was the Emancipation proclamation?
Joe Biden
He resigned before the impeachment trial
George Washington
January 1st - 1863
13. What was the New Deal?
Harvard
Dwight David Eisenhower
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
14. What is the inauguration date?
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
January 20th
15. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
The south
20
George Washington
16. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).
The fourteen points
Woodrow Wilson
Abigail
William Jefferson Clinton
17. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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18. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
Europe
His 5th cousin
William Howard Taft
Robert E. Lee
19. What transportation does the president get?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
The north were comunists and the south were not
Maryland
20. Who is the current secretary of state?
15
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Hillary Clinton
21. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Martha
22. Which president started the two term tradition?
John Adams
George W. Bush
Revolutionary War
George Washington
23. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Barack Obama
James Madison
John Hinkley Jr.
Harry S Truman
24. Who introduced surviver benefits?
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
William and Mary College
25. Do we vote directly for the president?
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Civil War
No
27
26. Who's son is Camp David named after?
England; sailors; products
1814
Dwight David Eisenhower
Lee Harvey Oswald
27. Which president served the most terms?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
4
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
28. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Ulysses S. Grant
Martha
Thomas Jefferson
29. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Obama
4
30. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
Andrew Jackson
They were classmates in college
Dwight David Eisenhower
East of Africa
31. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
270
Andrew Jackson
32. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
6'4'
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Mount Vernon - Virginia
James Madison
33. What state is Camp David in?
18
George H. W. Bush
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.
Maryland
34. Who had the first death in office?
None
William Henry Harrison
Monroe
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
35. What are the people in the electoral college called?
George Washington
Electors
No
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
36. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
1803
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
37. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
Daniel Inouye
Universal health care
John Adams
Harvard
38. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
England
The fourteen points
John Hinkley Jr.
7; 11
39. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Medical insurance for all americans
Harry S Truman
England
Massachusetts
40. Who balanced the budget?
Richard Nixon
His 5th cousin
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Jefferson Clinton
41. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Teddy Roosevelt
World War I
25
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
42. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
Universal health care
The Korean War
The Confederate States of America
The north and the south were split up
43. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
Medical insurance for all americans
The south
The north were comunists and the south were not
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
44. 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)
Monticello - Virginia
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
45. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
Zapruder film
100
Eleanor
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
46. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
15 million
The Vice President
47. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
1 million
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Civil rights
48. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Richard Nixon
The Vice President
James Madison
49. What is the Truman Doctrine?
Jefferson Davis
25
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
50. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
No
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
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