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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






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

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3. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






4. What is the address of the white house?






5. Who is the current Vice President?






6. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






7. How many electors are in the electoral college?






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






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






10. What were fireside chats?






11. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






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






13. What date did the civil war begin?






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






15. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






16. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






18. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






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






20. Who introduced surviver benefits?






21. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






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






23. Where was William McKinley killed?






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






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






26. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






27. which president was former head of CIA?






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






29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






30. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






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






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






33. What was the nullification crisis?

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34. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






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






36. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






37. What were John Adams's last words?






38. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction






39. What was the camp david accords?






40. What are disability benefits?






41. Who introduced social security?






42. how many years is a score?






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






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






45. What president did the Berlin airlift?






46. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






47. Who was our president during the Korean war?






48. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






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






50. Who was president for the persian gulf war?