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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
A gun
Polio
Social Security
Abraham Lincoln
2. What was the camp david accords?
A 2nd home for the president
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
Thomas Jefferson
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
3. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
15 million
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Dwight David Eisenhower
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
4. Who passed Universal health care?
England
Barack Obama
Mary Todd-Lincoln
George Washington
5. What college did George Washington go to?
Andrew Jackson
The Korean War
None
New Mexico to California
6. Why did we enter WWII?
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
350
Gerald Ford
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
7. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
December 7th - 1941
George H. W. Bush
Woodrow Wilson
22 - 24
8. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?
A gun
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
William and Mary College
9. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
He gets shot
William Jefferson Clinton
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
10. Who said 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S Truman
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Maine and Nebraska
November 1863
11. Who balanced the budget?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
January 1st - 1863
William Jefferson Clinton
270
12. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?
January 1st - 1863
Mary Todd-Lincoln
World War I
James Polk
13. Who was George Washington's wife?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Martha
538
John Boehner
14. What transportation does the president get?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
George H. W. Bush
Electors
270
15. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Maine and Nebraska
The government
16. Who's son is Camp David named after?
James Polk
Dwight David Eisenhower
A gun
Thomas Jefferson
17. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
The Civil War
George H. W. Bush
18. Where was George Washington born?
132
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Polio
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
19. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
None
Harry S Truman
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
September 1st - 1939
20. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas - Texas
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Massachusetts
21. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
Conspiracy
22. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Harry S Truman
Polio
William McKinley
November 22nd - 1963
23. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
1 million
14
Alien and sedition acts
Thomas Jefferson
24. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Jefferson still survives
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
25. James Madison's wife is famous for...
A 2nd home for the president
The government
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
20
26. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1 million
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
27. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?
1
Civil War
350
Dwight David Eisenhower
28. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
East of Africa
4
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Jimmy Carter
29. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
Jefferson Davis
John Boehner
Monroe
George Washington
30. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
8
Barack Obama
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Monticello - Virginia
31. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
Woodrow Wilson
His wife
Jimmy Carter
32. What are disability benefits?
Conspiracy
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
In their state's capital
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
33. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?
5
25
7; 11
30
34. Why did we enter WWII?
Ulysses S. Grant
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Revolutionary War
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
35. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
None
Mom
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
36. How many rooms in the white house?
132
Harry S Truman
The Civil War
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
37. Which president was the youngest to serve?
His 5th cousin
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Teddy Roosevelt
38. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
1814
39. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
England - France - Russia - USA
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
Bad
The Civil War
40. Who is the current secretary of state?
The north were comunists and the south were not
World War I
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Hillary Clinton
41. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Abraham Lincoln
5
Teddy Roosevelt
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
42. How old do you have to be to be president?
8
The fourteen points
A support group of countries
35
43. Who was Deep Throat?
A person who knew the truth about Richard Nixon and told Woodward and Bernstein
The Korean War
No
Buffalo - New York
44. How was James Garfield killed?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Barack Obama
The fourteen points
John Tyler
45. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Andrew Johnson
Mom
46. What were fireside chats?
Jefferson still survives
Teddy Roosevelt
Speeches given for hope
1
47. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?
270
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Germany - Hungary - Turkey
No
48. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Harry S Truman
Barack Obama
Social Security
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
49. How many years is a presidential term?
He gets shot
Universal health care
4
Richard Nixon
50. What is the Truman Doctrine?
John Quicy Adams
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
100