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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Which president started the two term tradition?
Barack Obama
20
Gerald Ford
George Washington
2. What were fireside chats?
Monroe
Speeches given for hope
The north and the south were split up
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
3. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
270
Bad
Teddy Roosevelt
He was shot
4. How many former vice presidents have become president?
April 12th - 1861
George Washington
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
14
5. Who was George Washington's wife?
Martha
French and Indian War
4
Polio
6. This president swam naked in the Potomac River
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Quicy Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
7. Do we vote directly for the president?
Richard Nixon
Thomas Jefferson
$400000
No
8. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?
Barack Obama
Richard Nixon
William and Mary College
George Washington
9. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
The Korean War
Mary Todd-Lincoln
10. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?
35
Gerald Ford
The Gettysburg Address
4
11. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Kentucky; Log cabin
James Madison
15 million
12. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Civil War
Andrew Johnson
13. 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)
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
April 1917- November 1918
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Teddy Roosevelt
14. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?
Zapruder film
Kentucky; Log cabin
The Civil War
7; 11
15. Who won a nobel peace prize because of the camp david accords?
Jimmy Carter
132
Self
350
16. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
James Madison
William Jefferson Clinton
A 2nd home for the president
World War I
17. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
8
1803
William Jefferson Clinton
Andrew Jackson
18. What is universal health care?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Gettysburg Address
Medical insurance for all americans
19. What college did George Washington go to?
100
None
Mom
The Korean War
20. What was the Banking Holiday?
William Jefferson Clinton
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
Ronald Reagan
21. What state was John Adams from?
Massachusetts
Germany was attacking ships
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
The Gettysburg Address
22. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
Civil War
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
April 1917- November 1918
John Quicy Adams
23. Where did the civil war begin?
His 5th cousin
Lyndon Johnson
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Eleanor
24. What was the nullification crisis?
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25. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
538
26. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
John Quicy Adams
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
The north and the south were split up
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
27. What year was the White House burnt down?
East of Africa
Zapruder film
December 7th - 1941
1814
28. What date did the civil war begin?
Abigail
1 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
April 12th - 1861
29. Who gave the longest inauguration speech?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Ulysses S. Grant
Polio
William Henry Harrison
30. Why did we enter WWII?
William Jefferson Clinton
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
Conspiracy
Monticello - Virginia
31. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Abraham Lincoln
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Teddy Roosevelt
32. Who was the only catholic president?
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
30
Electors
33. How many former vice presidents have become president?
Gerald Ford
14
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
34. Why did the person who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan do it?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
William Jefferson Clinton
Enola Gay
35. What were John Adams's last words?
April 12th - 1861
January 20th
Jefferson still survives
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
36. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
The president
Monticello - Virginia
37. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
Monticello - Virginia
John Hinkley Jr.
Sexual harrassment
Enola Gay
38. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?
William Jefferson Clinton
Daniel Inouye
John Quicy Adams
Georgia
39. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Harvard
X-ray
William Jefferson Clinton
40. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
The government
Civil rights
Jimmy Carter
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
41. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
Robert E. Lee
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
George Washington
42. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
George W. Bush
0
8
Dallas - Texas
43. Who supported manifest destiny?
Germany was attacking ships
Gerald Ford
James Polk
George H. W. Bush
44. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?
East of Africa
1
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
14
45. What was the nullification crisis?
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46. Who is the current secretary of state?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Hillary Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
They were classmates in college
47. What happens if no candidate gets the majorit y of electoral votes?
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
Thus always to tyrants
George Washington
A support group of countries
48. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
He wanted a date Jodie Foster
Germany was attacking ships
Lyndon Johnson
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
49. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
The government
4
England; sailors; products
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
50. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?
The president
2
John Hinkley Jr.
Harry S Truman
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