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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. How many presidents were killed in office?






2. Who was George Washington's wife?






3. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






4. What is the Truman Doctrine?






5. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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6. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?






7. How many kids did George Washington have?






8. What president had the watergate scandal?






9. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






10. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






12. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






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






14. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?






15. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?






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






17. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






18. Who introduced disability benefits?






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






20. Which president created the University of Virgina?






21. What war was George Washington in the military for?






22. Who was our president during the Korean war?






23. Who was the youngest elected president?






24. James Madison's wife is famous for...






25. Who had the first death in office?






26. How many years do you have to live in the U.S. for to be president?






27. Who was our president during the Korean war?






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






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






30. Where was George Washington born?






31. What state is Camp David in?






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






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






34. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






35. Why did we enter WWII?






36. What is the inauguration date?






37. What state was John Adams from?






38. Sedition acts






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






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






41. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






42. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






43. Where does the president live for free?






44. What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






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






46. Alien Acts






47. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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






49. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






50. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?