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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






2. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






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






4. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






5. What is the Truman Doctrine?






6. Who was Deep Throat?






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






8. Why did WWII begin?






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






10. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






11. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






12. What is Camp David?






13. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






14. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






15. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






16. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






17. What is the Truman Doctrine?






18. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






19. John Adams went to what college?






20. Who introduced disability benefits?






21. Sedition acts






22. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






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






24. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






25. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






26. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






27. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






28. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






29. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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30. What is the command of army act?






31. Who was George Washington's wife?






32. Who created the Family Medical Leave Act?






33. What does NATO stand for?






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






35. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






36. Who had the shortest presidency?






37. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






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






39. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






40. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






41. What was the nullification crisis?

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42. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






43. John Adams went to what college?






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






45. Who's son is Camp David named after?






46. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






47. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






48. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






49. Where did the civil war begin?






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







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