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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.
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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. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






2. How many rooms in the white house?






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






4. Why did WWII begin?






5. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






6. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






7. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






8. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






9. John Adams went to what college?






10. Who was Deep Throat?






11. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






12. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






13. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






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






15. What were fireside chats?






16. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






17. What state is Camp David in?






18. Why did we enter WWII?






19. What is the command of army act?






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






21. How many former vice presidents have become president?






22. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






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






24. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






25. How many presidents died in office?






26. How many kids did John Tyler have?






27. What war was George Washington in the military for?






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






29. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






30. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






31. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






33. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






34. Who was the first VP?






35. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






36. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






37. Who was the youngest elected president?






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






39. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






40. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






41. James Madison's wife is famous for...






42. Which president served the most terms?






43. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






44. how many years is a score?






45. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






46. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






47. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






48. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






49. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






50. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?