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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. Who acts as an advisor to the president?






2. Alien Acts






3. Who was Abraham Lincoln married to?






4. What presidents (in order) died of natural causes?






5. Who was president for the Cuban Missile Crisis?






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






7. What year was the Louisiana Territory bought?






8. Who passed Universal health care?






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






10. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?






11. How was James Garfield killed?






12. This president helped write the federalist papers.






13. Where was George Washington born?






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






15. How long do you have to be a citizen for to be president?






16. Who did fireside chats?






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






18. Which president was author of the Virginia Plan?






19. Congress passed 2 laws designed to limit __________'s (a president) power .






20. Who were Woodward and Bernstein?

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






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






23. Why did WWI happen?






24. When did we enter WWII?






25. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?






26. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






27. What is the inauguration date?






28. How many rooms in the white house?






29. 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)






30. Who introduced disability benefits?






31. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)






32. Who was the first President during WWII?






33. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?






34. Who is the current speaker of the House?






35. What are surviver benefits?






36. Who balanced the budget?






37. Which president started the two term tradition?






38. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?






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






40. Who was our president during the Vietnam War?






41. Where did the civil war begin?






42. Who was president for the Iran Hostage crisis?






43. What is Camp David?






44. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...






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






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






47. Who was president for the persian gulf war?






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






49. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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50. How many states broke away during the civil war AT FIRST? how many total ending up breaking away?