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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 date did WWII begin?






2. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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3. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






4. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






5. What was the camp david accords?






6. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






7. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?






8. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






10. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






11. Who was the youngest elected president?






12. Who passed Universal health care?






13. What year was the White House burnt down?






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






15. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






16. Who is the current Vice President?






17. Did we win the Spanish American War?






18. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






19. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






20. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






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






22. How did William McKinley die?






23. When did we enter WWII?






24. Which president was the youngest to serve?






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






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






27. What president did the Berlin airlift?






28. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






29. which president was former head of CIA?






30. What was the Banking Holiday?






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






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






33. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






34. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






35. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






36. What date did WWII begin?






37. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






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






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






40. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






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






42. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






43. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






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






45. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






46. What state is Camp David in?






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






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






49. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






50. What are disability benefits?