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U.S. Presidents Trivia

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1. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






2. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?






3. Which president was former ambassador to China?






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






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






6. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






7. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.






8. What is universal health care?






9. Who pays for all personal entertainment and dinners not related to teh government business in the White House?






10. What does NATO stand for?






11. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






12. What was the name of the airplane that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki






13. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






14. Why did we invade Iraq?

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






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






17. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






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






19. Which president presented the bill of rights at the first Congress?






20. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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21. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.






22. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president resigned?






23. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






25. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






26. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






27. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






28. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






30. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






31. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






32. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






33. Which president was obnoxious and disliked?






34. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






35. The president get ____ care and _____ care for free.






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






37. Where do electors vote?

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38. What is the oldest you can be to get surviver benefits?






39. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?






40. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






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






42. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






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






44. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






45. who pays for the costs of operating the white house?






46. Who introduced surviver benefits?






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






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






49. What was the camp david accords?






50. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.







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