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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who burnt down the White House during a war?
Self
He was shot
England
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
2. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
270
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
William Jefferson Clinton
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
3. What was reconstruction?
270
John Quicy Adams
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
April 1917- November 1918
4. Where does the president live for free?
The White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
20
Electors
5. What did the monroe doctrine say?
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6. Who was George Washington's wife?
Martha
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
7. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
William Henry Harrison
The Vice President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
15 million
8. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
The Gettysburg Address
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
9. How many kids did George Washington have?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
0
Civil War
April 12th - 1861
10. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
20
22 - 24
Dolley
Teddy Roosevelt
11. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Georgia
The Vice President
They were classmates in college
4th
12. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
John Adams
0
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
William Henry Harrison
13. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?
2
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
East of Africa
James Polk
14. What is the command of army act?
The White House
Hillary Clinton
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
15. What was the nullification crisis?
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16. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
George Washington
William Jefferson Clinton
Bad
17. What transportation does the president get?
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
The president
The president
No
18. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight David Eisenhower
Andrew Johnson
Harry S Truman
19. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
100
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
William Jefferson Clinton
4
20. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?
0
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Thomas Jefferson
30
21. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
The Confederate States of America
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
A gun
22. Who was George Washington's wife?
Martha
2
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
December 7th - 1941
23. Who invaded Iraq?
East of Africa
George W. Bush
Teddy Roosevelt
South; north
24. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Maine and Nebraska
Speeches given for hope
25. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
1803
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
French and Indian War
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
26. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
Andrew Jackson
27. What is the inauguration date?
January 20th
27
George Washington
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
28. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
$150000
William Henry Harrison
They were classmates in college
29. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Daniel Inouye
November 22nd - 1963
Ronald Reagan
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
30. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
The Korean War
31. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
George H. W. Bush
A support group of countries
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
32. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
William Jefferson Clinton
Bad
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
33. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?
April 12th - 1861
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Europe
34. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.
Richard Nixon
Thus always to tyrants
Conspiracy
Kentucky; Log cabin
35. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Teddy Roosevelt
Self
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
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
36. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
350
William Jefferson Clinton
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
Kentucky; Log cabin
37. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Monroe
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
4th
November 22nd - 1963
38. Where was William McKinley killed?
Woodrow Wilson
Buffalo - New York
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
39. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4
444
He resigned before the impeachment trial
40. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
Revolutionary War
Dallas - Texas
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
George H. W. Bush
41. What happens to John Wilkes Booth?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
He gets shot
William Henry Harrison
42. Why did we enter WWII?
George Washington
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
None
The south
43. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
William Henry Harrison
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
New Mexico to California
44. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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45. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
46. Sedition acts
He gets shot
Gerald Ford
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
47. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
Sexual harrassment
22 - 24
April 1917- November 1918
Yes
48. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
Dolley
April 1917- November 1918
Hillary Clinton
Polio
49. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?
Mom
Teddy Roosevelt
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Harry S Truman
50. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
2
Dwight David Eisenhower
Europe
Social Security