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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 supported manifest destiny?






2. How many rooms in the white house?






3. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






4. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






5. Who did the Banking Holiday?






6. Who was the first VP?






7. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






8. What date did WWII begin?






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






10. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






11. Who was a peanut farmer?






12. What were the years of WWI?






13. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






14. What was reconstruction?






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






16. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






17. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






19. What was reconstruction?






20. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






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






23. Who was the first African American President?






24. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






25. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






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






27. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






28. Who balanced the budget?






29. What is the Electoral College?






30. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






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






32. Who was George Washington's wife?






33. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






34. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






35. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






36. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?


37. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






38. Which president was former ambassador to China?






39. Who won the Civil war for Lincoln and later on became a president?






40. Which president was the youngest to serve?






41. How did John Wilkes Booth break his leg?






42. Who introduced surviver benefits?






43. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






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






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






46. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






47. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?






48. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?






49. What is universal health care?






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