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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. What is Camp David?






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






3. 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 ________.






4. Who was sent to a mental institution after Abraham Lincoln's death?






5. Who had the shortest presidency?






6. What was the point of the Gettysburg Address (two things)?






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






8. What date did WWII begin?






9. Who introduced social security?






10. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






11. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.






12. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?






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






14. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?






15. Who was Deep Throat?






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






17. Who supported manifest destiny?






18. What was reconstruction?






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






20. How many presidents died in office?






21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.






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






23. When did we enter WWII?






24. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






25. Which president served the most terms?






26. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






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






28. Paula Jones sued William Jefferson Clinton for _______.






29. What president did the Berlin airlift?






30. Who supported manifest destiny?






31. Who's son is Camp David named after?






32. Which president created the University of Virgina?






33. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






34. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?






35. Who was the only catholic president?






36. Who was George Washington's wife?






37. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






38. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






39. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?






40. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






41. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?






42. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






43. What is Camp David?






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






45. Who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky - a young intern at the White House?






46. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






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






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






49. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?






50. Why did we invade Iraq?

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