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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. Where was William McKinley killed?






2. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant knew eachother because _________.






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






4. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






5. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






6. When did we enter WWII?






7. Who balanced the budget?






8. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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9. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






10. How many rooms in the white house?






11. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






12. What were John Adams's last words?






13. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






14. This president helped write the federalist papers.






15. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?






16. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






17. Who introduced disability benefits?






18. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






19. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






20. Who supported manifest destiny?






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






22. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






23. Who is the current speaker of the House?






24. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






25. Which presidents were great grandfather and grandson?






26. Why did we invade Iraq?

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27. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






28. Who introduced social security?






29. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






30. What are the people in the electoral college called?






31. What date did WWII begin?






32. What state is Camp David in?






33. Who balanced the budget?






34. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






35. What are surviver benefits?






36. Who is the current secretary of state?






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






38. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






39. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?






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






41. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






42. What date did the civil war begin?






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






44. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






45. Who was George Washington's wife?






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






47. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






48. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?






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






50. What was the Bay of Pigs?