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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. How many kids did John Tyler have?






2. Which president started the two term tradition?






3. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?






4. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?






5. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






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






7. What state was John Adams from?






8. Who was our president during the Korean war?






9. Why did we invade Iraq?


10. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






11. What is the Electoral College?






12. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?






13. Where do electors vote?


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






15. Who had the first death in office?






16. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






17. How did William McKinley die?






18. What date did WWII begin?






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






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






21. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






23. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






24. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






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






26. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






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






28. Who was the fpresident during WWI?






29. How many electoral votes do you need to win the election?






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






31. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






32. What is the Truman Doctrine?






33. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






34. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






35. Sedition acts






36. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






37. This president swam naked in the Potomac River






38. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






39. Who had the first death in office?






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






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






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






43. Who is the current speaker of the House?






44. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






45. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






46. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






47. Who invaded Iraq?






48. Where was William McKinley killed?






49. What was the league of nations?






50. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)