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






2. Who is the current speaker of the House?






3. What is the command of army act?






4. Which president made the panama canal?






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






6. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






7. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?






8. Who balanced the budget?






9. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?






10. Who burnt down the White House during a war?






11. Why did we invade Iraq?

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12. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?






13. Where was George Washington born?






14. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






15. Who did the Banking Holiday?






16. Who had the shortest presidency?






17. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






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






19. What was the most terms served by a president?






20. What is Camp David?






21. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






22. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






23. Do we vote directly for the president?






24. Who was president during the Great depression?






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






26. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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27. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






28. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






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






30. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?






31. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






32. Which president served the most terms?






33. Who was the first African American President?






34. Who was George Washington's wife?






35. How many presidents were killed in office?






36. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






38. 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 ________.






39. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






40. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






41. What is the Electoral College?






42. Who was the youngest elected president?






43. John Adams had a successful marriage with ______ (first name).






44. What was the camp david accords?






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






46. Who was the first VP?






47. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






48. how many years is a score?






49. How did William McKinley die?






50. What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?