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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






2. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






3. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






4. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






5. Who had the first death in office?






6. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






7. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?






8. Where was William McKinley killed?






9. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.






10. Who invaded Iraq?






11. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






12. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






13. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






14. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






15. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






16. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






17. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






18. What are the people in the electoral college called?






19. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






20. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






21. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






22. Who introduced social security?






23. Where do electors vote?

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24. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






25. Why did WWI happen?






26. How was James Garfield killed?






27. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






28. Who is the current Vice President?






29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






30. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






31. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






32. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






33. John Adams went to what college?






34. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






35. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






36. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






37. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






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






39. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






40. Who supported manifest destiny?






41. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






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






44. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






45. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






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






47. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






48. Why did WWII begin?






49. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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50. Who introduced social security?