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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






2. Who was the first VP?






3. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






4. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






5. How many kids did John Tyler have?






6. What is the address of the white house?






7. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?






8. Who supported manifest destiny?






9. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






10. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






11. What state was John Adams from?






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






13. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






14. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






15. What are surviver benefits?






16. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






17. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






18. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






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






20. What was the most terms served by a president?






21. What was the camp david accords?






22. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






23. Who was the only president to resign?






24. Which president helped create the Library of Congress when he sells and donates 6000 books?






25. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






26. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






27. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






29. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






30. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






31. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






32. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?






33. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






34. How was James Garfield killed?






35. What is the Truman Doctrine?






36. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






37. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?






38. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






39. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






40. How many kids did George Washington have?






41. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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42. Where do electors vote?

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43. Which president created the University of Virgina?






44. How many rooms in the white house?






45. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






46. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?






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






48. What were fireside chats?






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






50. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






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