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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?
Harry S Truman
No
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
South Carolina said it could nullify any law it wants - but Jackson said they would send troops and so South Carolina decided that they can't nullify and law it wants.
2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
John Quicy Adams
William Henry Harrison
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?
The government
1803
Monroe
John Adams
4. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
60; unconstitutional
132
George H. W. Bush
5. What was the camp david accords?
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
England; sailors; products
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Jefferson Davis
6. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
England; sailors; products
William Jefferson Clinton
James Madison
The first Tuesday of Novermber that follows a monday in November
7. Name the two presidents (ABC order by last name - write first and last name) who died on the same day - and the date they died (separate with semi colon)
William McKinley
Civil War
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
8. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
January 1st - 1863
Martha
9. ______ years later - the Tenure of Office act was gotten rid of by the Supreme court because it was ________.
Teddy Roosevelt
1803
The government
60; unconstitutional
10. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Thomas Jefferson
Ford's Theater
Speeches given for hope
Lyndon Johnson
11. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?
Dwight David Eisenhower
Zapruder film
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
A support group of countries
12. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?
Enola Gay
His wife
William Howard Taft
Andrew Johnson
13. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?
Thomas Jefferson
Jimmy Carter
Maryland
Richard Nixon
14. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?
15 million
John Quicy Adams
A support group of countries
5
15. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
He gets shot
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Andrew Johnson
16. Who was the only catholic president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Germany invaded Poland
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
2
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
4th
18. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
William and Mary College
Teddy Roosevelt
USA
Europe
19. What transportation does the president get?
1
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thomas Jefferson
Air Force One - Marine One - and limousines
20. Who was the oldest elected president (age 73 at 2nd term)?
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Gettysburg Address
Mary Todd-Lincoln
21. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
George Washington
Monroe
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ulysses S. Grant
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
Since birth
23. Who balanced the budget?
Universal health care
Barack Obama
Lyndon Johnson
William Jefferson Clinton
24. How did William McKinley die?
Georgia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
A gun
He was shot
25. What were the sides for the Korean war and the Vietnam war?
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The north were comunists and the south were not
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
South; north
26. What war did George Washington lead the army for?
Georgia
Revolutionary War
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
4
27. How many rooms in the white house?
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
132
The Vice President
He was shot
28. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
His wife
John Hinkley Jr.
Alien and sedition acts
29. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Georgia
100
27
30. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
USA
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
444
31. Who did the Banking Holiday?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
32. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
Abigail
Monticello - Virginia
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor bombing
33. Who was the first African American President?
132
Mary Todd-Lincoln
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
34. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?
November 22nd - 1963
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lee Harvey Oswald
35. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
100
September 1st - 1939
Dwight David Eisenhower
January 20th
36. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Zapruder film
September 1st - 1939
Germany invaded Poland
Acting
37. Did we win the Spanish American War?
Mom
Abraham Lincoln
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yes
38. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Ulysses S. Grant
$400000
December 7th - 1941
Self
39. Do we vote directly for the president?
Civil rights
No
William Jefferson Clinton
100
40. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Jimmy Carter
The Vice President
William Henry Harrison
41. Who presented the Fourteen Points?
30
Universal health care
George W. Bush
Woodrow Wilson
42. Who was the only president to resign?
Richard Nixon
John Hinkley Jr.
Barack Obama
He was shot
43. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Mary Todd-Lincoln
No
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
44. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
20
Jimmy Carter
John Quicy Adams
William Jefferson Clinton
45. How many terms is a president alowed to serve?
Speeches given for hope
September 1st - 1939
2
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
46. How many presidents were killed in office?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Lee Harvey Oswald
4
He resigned before the impeachment trial
47. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
Harry S Truman
Bad
England - France - Russia - USA
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
48. Which presidents were cousins?
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Conspiracy
January 20th
$150000
49. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
Germany was attacking ships
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
50. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
He was shot
Abraham Lincoln
Abigail