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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
2
Jefferson Davis
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?
Ford's Theater
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
January 1st - 1863
3. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
Robert E. Lee
William and Mary College
John Tyler
Martha
4. How many Vice Presidents ran again for president and became president?
5
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
Thomas Jefferson
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
5. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
William Henry Harrison
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
William Jefferson Clinton
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
6. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
Thomas Jefferson
January 1st - 1863
Daniel Inouye
William Howard Taft
7. What is Camp David?
8
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
A 2nd home for the president
14
8. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
His wife
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
April 12th - 1861
Speeches given for hope
9. Which president was former ambassador to China?
George H. W. Bush
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
Self
William Jefferson Clinton
10. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Barack Obama
He resigned before the impeachment trial
11. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?
The Vice President
Thomas Jefferson
Gerald Ford
Germany was attacking ships
12. Who was the youngest elected president?
Since birth
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Conspiracy
13. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?
Peterson House; the next morning
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Germany invaded Poland
George H. W. Bush
14. Which president started the two term tradition?
East of Africa
8
William Jefferson Clinton
George Washington
15. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
444
16. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
Daniel Inouye
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
England - France - Russia - USA
William Jefferson Clinton
17. What is the inauguration date?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
January 20th
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Harry S Truman
Massachusetts
Dwight David Eisenhower
19. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
Abraham Lincoln
18
April 12th - 1861
444
20. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Woodrow Wilson
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Europe
5
21. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?
18
Dwight David Eisenhower
15
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
22. What war was George Washington in the military for?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
French and Indian War
14
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
23. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
Woodrow Wilson
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
James Madison
George Washington
24. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
George H. W. Bush
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
England - France - Russia - USA
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
25. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
18
Harry S Truman
The White House
26. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
Teddy Roosevelt
25
Teddy Roosevelt
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
27. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
Ulysses S. Grant
2
Georgia
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
28. What is the Electoral College?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Dolley
He resigned before the impeachment trial
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
29. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Social Security
John Tyler
William McKinley
30. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?
Acting
Alien and sedition acts
East of Africa
Barack Obama
31. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Acting
Dental; medical
Ronald Reagan
32. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
His 5th cousin
33. Who is the current secretary of state?
Hillary Clinton
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
John Tyler
A support group of countries
34. How many kids did John Tyler have?
15
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George Washington
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
35. What was the nullification crisis?
36. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
The north and the south were split up
37. What does NATO stand for?
William Jefferson Clinton
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Richard Nixon
5
38. The committee of the watergate scandal illegally entered the __________ (building) and spied on Nixon's opponent Who was in the _______ complex.
The south
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
His 5th cousin
Jimmy Carter
39. How many former vice presidents have become president?
14
John Tyler
He gets shot
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
40. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
His 5th cousin
Conspiracy
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
The south
41. What date did WWII begin?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
William Jefferson Clinton
September 1st - 1939
42. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?
Conspiracy
14
England; sailors; products
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
43. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry S Truman
Daniel Inouye
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The president
44. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Dwight David Eisenhower
The Civil War
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
45. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
George W. Bush
A gun
George Washington
46. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
The Vice President
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
November 1863
47. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
John Quicy Adams
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
A support group of countries
48. What are surviver benefits?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
John Quicy Adams
14
Thomas Jefferson
49. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.
Universal health care
Jefferson Davis
William Henry Harrison
Gerald Ford
50. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
Mom
November 22nd - 1963
Ronald Reagan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki