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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






2. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






3. Do we vote directly for the president?






4. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






5. how many years is a score?






6. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






7. What was the Berlin Airlift?






8. Who was the youngest elected president?






9. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






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






11. Which presidents were cousins?






12. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






13. Who was Deep Throat?






14. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






15. Who was the first African American President?






16. How many electors are in the electoral college?






17. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






18. How many kids did John Tyler have?






19. What does NATO stand for?






20. What transportation does the president get?






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






22. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






23. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






24. What were fireside chats?






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






26. What were fireside chats?






27. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






28. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






30. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






31. Alien Acts






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






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






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






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






36. Gerald Ford pardons _____________ for all crimes committed.






37. Where do electors vote?

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38. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






39. Which president started the two term tradition?






40. What president did the Berlin airlift?






41. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






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






43. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






45. John Adams went to what college?






46. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






47. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






48. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






49. Who did the Banking Holiday?






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