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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. How many presidents died in office?






2. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






3. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






4. What are surviver benefits?






5. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






7. What month is the election in?






8. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






9. Which presidents were cousins?






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






11. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






12. Which presidents were cousins?






13. Who introduced disability benefits?






14. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






15. 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)






16. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






17. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






18. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






19. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






20. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






21. What date did the civil war begin?






22. Who introduced social security?






23. How many kids did John Tyler have?






24. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






25. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






26. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






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






28. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






29. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






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






31. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






32. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






34. What was the league of nations?






35. What is universal health care?






36. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






37. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






38. What does NATO stand for?






39. When did we enter WWII?






40. Who was president during the Great depression?






41. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






42. Why did WWII begin?






43. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






44. Why did we enter WWII?






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






46. Who balanced the budget?






47. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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48. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






49. What was the New Deal?






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