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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?
35
Eleanor
Enola Gay
Woodrow Wilson
2. Who introduced disability benefits?
New Mexico to California
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$150000
Enola Gay
3. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
350
The Vice President
4. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
X-ray
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Enola Gay
Richard Nixon
5. How many former vice presidents have become president?
14
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
270
6. Alien Acts
The White House
The Vice President
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
The north and the south were split up
7. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Civil War
Revolutionary War
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
8. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
April 1917- November 1918
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
9. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
John Wilkes Booth
Ronald Reagan
Acting
Ulysses S. Grant
10. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
18
The Vice President
11. How old do you have to be to be president?
35
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Richard Nixon
Sexual harrassment
12. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
4
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
13. What is the Truman Doctrine?
William Jefferson Clinton
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
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
14. What is the address of the white house?
A support group of countries
Free the slaves in the south
William Henry Harrison
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
15. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
16. how many years is a score?
Electors
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
20
17. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Dwight David Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
18. What month and day do we vote for the president?
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
September 1st - 1939
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
19. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)
The Confederate States of America
22 - 24
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
20. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Woodrow Wilson
8
George Washington
21. Who had the shortest presidency?
James Polk
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
4th
William Henry Harrison
22. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
Kentucky; Log cabin
Electors
George Washington
18
23. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
November 22nd - 1963
35
The president
The Civil War
24. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
England; sailors; products
November 1863
The south
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
25. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?
Jimmy Carter
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson still survives
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
26. How many kids did George Washington have?
The north were comunists and the south were not
0
Abigail
William Jefferson Clinton
27. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
Andrew Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
20
28. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
The government
25
Germany invaded Poland
Gerald Ford
29. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Speeches given for hope
132
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
30. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
Thomas Jefferson
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
X-ray
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
31. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
William Howard Taft
444
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Mom
32. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
William Jefferson Clinton
John Adams
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
Teddy Roosevelt
33. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
John Adams
John Quicy Adams
The north and the south were split up
He gets shot
34. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Maine and Nebraska
Martha
15 million
35. Where does the president live for free?
Richard Nixon
1
The White House
4
36. What was the most terms served by a president?
William Jefferson Clinton
The Confederate States of America
4
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
37. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
William Jefferson Clinton
The Vice President
Georgia
Civil War
38. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)
Daniel Inouye
Speeches given for hope
Georgia
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
39. What was the Bay of Pigs?
Enola Gay
60; unconstitutional
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
15
40. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
41. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
South; north
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
42. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
George Washington
England
Woodrow Wilson
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
43. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
His 5th cousin
14
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
John Hinkley Jr.
44. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
Barack Obama
Lee Harvey Oswald
4
Woodrow Wilson
45. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?
30
James Madison
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
William Jefferson Clinton
46. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Dallas - Texas
Mary Todd-Lincoln
James Madison
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
47. John Adams went to what college?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
The Civil War
30
Harvard
48. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Robert E. Lee
Barack Obama
Martha
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
49. Who passed Universal health care?
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Barack Obama
50. How can a president serve up to ten years?