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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What were the years of WWI?
Harry S Truman
1914-1918
George Washington
Yes
2. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
The Gettysburg Address
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
22 - 24
William Henry Harrison
3. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Ronald Reagan
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Teddy Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
4. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
January 1st - 1863
Maine and Nebraska
Barack Obama
5. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Revolutionary War
0
Zapruder film
6. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
John Boehner
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
William Henry Harrison
7. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
September 1st - 1939
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
5
Lyndon Johnson
8. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
April 12th - 1861
The government
World War I
538
9. Do we vote directly for the president?
Kentucky; Log cabin
George Washington
No
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.
10. What is the family Medical Leave Act?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Andrew Jackson
4
Ulysses S. Grant
11. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
Maryland
Bad
5
A support group of countries
12. How many former vice presidents have become president?
William McKinley
Since birth
William Henry Harrison
14
13. James Madison's wife is famous for...
4
Dwight David Eisenhower
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Speeches given for hope
14. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
100
South; north
James Polk
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
15. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
7; 11
William and Mary College
England - France - Russia - USA
16. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
The Civil War
January 1st - 1863
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
17. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.
James Polk
Dental; medical
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
18
18. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
The Korean War
Acting
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
30
19. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?
John Adams
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
132
Dolley
20. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
William McKinley
William Jefferson Clinton
Since birth
Andrew Johnson
21. Who was the first VP?
0
John Adams
Barack Obama
Massachusetts
22. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
Eleanor
Alien and sedition acts
Since birth
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.
23. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Richard Nixon
20
The south
24. What is the inauguration date?
January 20th
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Social Security
25. How many years is a presidential term?
Andrew Johnson
4
100
Harry S Truman
26. What year was the White House burnt down?
The Confederate States of America
Gerald Ford
Monticello - Virginia
1814
27. How many presidents died in office?
8
John Adams
The White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
28. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
William and Mary College
James Madison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
South; north
29. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Maryland
Jimmy Carter
Conspiracy
30. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
1803
John Tyler
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
John Quicy Adams
31. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
Dwight David Eisenhower
Robert E. Lee
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
32. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
Acting
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
33. Who was the only president to resign?
John Tyler
The Civil War
Richard Nixon
Speeches given for hope
34. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
September 1st - 1939
In their state's capital
John Adams
A gun
35. What month and day do we vote for the president?
April 1917- November 1918
Maryland
George W. Bush
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
36. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Yes
Kentucky; Log cabin
Dwight David Eisenhower
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 was the 'father of the constitution'?
James Madison
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
November 1863
38. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?
John Wilkes Booth
Free the slaves in the south
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
39. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
January 1st - 1863
$150000
Maine and Nebraska
40. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Woodrow Wilson
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ronald Reagan
41. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
No
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Johnson
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
42. Who was George Washington's wife?
September 1st - 1939
1803
Martha
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
43. Which presidents were cousins?
Medical insurance for all americans
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
44. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?
The Vice President
William Jefferson Clinton
Revolutionary War
4
45. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
January 1st - 1863
The Civil War
Jimmy Carter
1
46. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.
Jefferson Davis
South; north
Buffalo - New York
Alien and sedition acts
47. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hillary Clinton
England
Teddy Roosevelt
48. What college did George Washington go to?
0
None
1814
Teddy Roosevelt
49. What was the league of nations?
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
January 20th
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
50. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
John Adams
He was shot
Jefferson still survives
September 1st - 1939
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