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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
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1. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






2. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






3. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






4. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






5. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).






6. What is the address of the white house?






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






8. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






9. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






10. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






11. Who had the shortest presidency?






12. Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for what they were going to do?






13. What is universal health care?






14. Alien Acts






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






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






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






18. When did we enter WWII?






19. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






20. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?






21. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






22. John Adams went to what college?






23. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






24. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?






25. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






26. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






27. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?






28. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






30. Who is the current Vice President?






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






32. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






33. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






34. What president did the Berlin airlift?






35. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






36. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






38. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






39. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






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






41. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






42. Who were the first presidents to be father and son?






43. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






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






45. What month and day do we vote for the president?






46. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






47. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






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






49. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






50. How many presidents were killed in office?