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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. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






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






4. Who was president during the Great depression?






5. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






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






8. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






9. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






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






11. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






12. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






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






14. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






15. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






16. How many presidents were killed in office?






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






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






19. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






20. What was reconstruction?






21. How many presidents died in office?






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






23. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






24. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






25. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






26. Who was George Washington's wife?






27. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






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






30. Who was our president during the Korean war?






31. How much money does the president earn per year?






32. James Madison's wife is famous for...






33. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






34. Who passed Universal health care?






35. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)






36. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






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






38. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






40. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






41. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






42. What was the Bay of Pigs?






43. What is universal health care?






44. What war was George Washington in the military for?






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






46. Where does the president live for free?






47. What does NATO stand for?






48. Who was a peanut farmer?






49. Who was the first African American President?






50. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.