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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. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






2. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






3. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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






5. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






6. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






7. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






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






9. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






10. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






11. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






12. Who was the only catholic president?






13. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






14. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






15. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






16. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






17. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






18. How did William McKinley die?






19. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






20. John Adams went to what college?






21. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






22. What transportation does the president get?






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






24. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






25. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






26. Who did the Banking Holiday?






27. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






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






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






30. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






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


32. Which president was the youngest to serve?






33. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






34. What was the camp david accords?






35. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






36. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?






37. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






38. What is the command of army act?






39. Who was Deep Throat?






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






41. Sedition acts






42. What is the address of the white house?






43. What state is Camp David in?






44. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






45. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






46. What date did the civil war begin?






47. What were John Adams's last words?






48. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






49. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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