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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who supported manifest destiny?






2. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






3. Who was president during the Great depression?






4. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






5. Who did the Banking Holiday?






6. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






7. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






8. Who's son married Nixon's daughter?






9. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






10. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






11. What was the Berlin Airlift?






12. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






13. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






14. Who passed Universal health care?






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






16. Where was George Washington born?






17. How many rooms in the white house?






18. Who was George Washington's wife?






19. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






20. Who balanced the budget?






21. Who is the current Vice President?






22. What is the Truman Doctrine?






23. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?

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24. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






25. How many electoral votes does Florida have?






26. Who was the first President during WWII?






27. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






29. Why did we invade Iraq?

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30. What law that Barack Obama passed might be unconstitutional and is being looked at by the supreme court now?






31. What to laws did Adams TRY to pass?






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






33. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)






34. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?






35. Who introduced surviver benefits?






36. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






37. Who introduced social security?






38. What does NATO stand for?






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






40. Which president was former ambassador to China?






41. Who is the current speaker of the House?






42. What were the years of WWI?






43. Which president was a lawyer - very smart - an architect - a musician - and an inventor?






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






45. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






46. Who won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






47. This president helped write the federalist papers.






48. How many kids did John Tyler have?






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






50. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?