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U.S. Presidents Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






2. Who was the first President during WWII?






3. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






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






5. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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6. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






7. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






8. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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9. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






10. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






11. Why did WWII begin?






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






13. What did the monroe doctrine say?

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14. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






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






16. Which president made the panama canal?






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






18. What transportation does the president get?






19. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.






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






21. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






22. Alien Acts






23. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






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






25. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






26. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?






27. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






28. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






29. What is the Truman Doctrine?






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






31. What were fireside chats?






32. Which president created Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite?






33. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






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






35. How many Vice Presidents have moved up because the president died?






36. 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 ________.






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






38. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






39. Did we win the Spanish American War?






40. Who is the current President Pro-Tempore of the Senate?






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






42. What was the camp david accords?






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






44. During the civil war - the north's general was ___________.






45. When did we enter WWII?






46. What state is Camp David in?






47. Who is the current Vice President?






48. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






49. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






50. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.