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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. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






2. What year was the White House burnt down?






3. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






4. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






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






6. How many rooms in the white house?






7. Who was George Washington's wife?






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






9. What was the most terms served by a president?






10. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






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






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






13. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






14. Sedition acts






15. Who was the only president to resign?






16. Who was Deep Throat?






17. Which president created the University of Virgina?






18. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






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






20. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






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






23. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






24. What were the years of WWI?






25. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






26. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






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






28. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






30. What was the nullification crisis?


31. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






32. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






33. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






34. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






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






36. What are surviver benefits?






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






38. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?






39. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






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






42. This president helped write the federalist papers.






43. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






44. What state was John Adams from?






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






46. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






47. Which president was the youngest to serve?






48. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






49. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






50. Which president made the panama canal?