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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. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






3. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






4. Who had the shortest presidency?






5. What was the camp david accords?






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






7. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)






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






9. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






10. Which president created the University of Virgina?






11. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






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






13. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






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






16. Who was the only catholic president?






17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






18. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?






19. What transportation does the president get?






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






21. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






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






23. Who balanced the budget?






24. How did William McKinley die?






25. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






26. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






27. How many rooms in the white house?






28. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






29. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






30. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






31. Who did the Banking Holiday?






32. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






33. Who was the first African American President?






34. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






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






36. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






37. Did we win the Spanish American War?






38. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






39. Do we vote directly for the president?






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






41. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






42. Who was the only president to resign?






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






44. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






45. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






46. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






48. Which presidents were cousins?






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






50. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP