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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. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






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






3. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






5. What was the Bay of Pigs?






6. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






8. Who was president during the Great depression?






9. Do we vote directly for the president?






10. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


11. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






12. What month and day do we vote for the president?






13. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






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






15. How many presidents were killed in office?






16. Which president was former ambassador to China?






17. When did we enter WWII?






18. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






19. What transportation does the president get?






20. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






21. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






22. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






23. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






24. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






25. Where did the civil war begin?






26. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






27. Sedition acts






28. Which president started the two term tradition?






29. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






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






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






32. How many kids did John Tyler have?






33. How can a president serve up to ten years?


34. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






35. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






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






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






38. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






39. Where does the president live for free?






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






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






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






43. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






44. What was the camp david accords?






45. What state is Camp David in?






46. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?






47. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






48. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






49. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






50. Why did WWI happen?