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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
World War I
Perjury and obstruction of justice
No
27
2. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?
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3. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Ronald Reagan
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Thomas Jefferson
Dolley
4. What is the address of the white house?
None
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
538
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
5. Who is the current Vice President?
Dolley
Joe Biden
November 22nd - 1963
27
6. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Madison
538
Perjury and obstruction of justice
7. How many electors are in the electoral college?
538
Teddy Roosevelt
England
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
8. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?
Mom
The Vice President
A support group of countries
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
9. What was the most terms served by a president?
Dwight David Eisenhower
14
4
Abraham Lincoln
10. What were fireside chats?
The Vice President
Gerald Ford
Speeches given for hope
Civil War
11. Who is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
John Boehner
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
12. Where did the name 'gettysburg' come from?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
They were classmates in college
Harvard
The north were comunists and the south were not
13. What date did the civil war begin?
April 12th - 1861
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
William Henry Harrison
14. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?
September 1st - 1939
Harry S Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Vice President
15. Name the Founding Fathers plus the son in order...
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
Lyndon Johnson
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
16. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?
Harry S Truman
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
The Vice President
17. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?
15 million
Barack Obama
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Conspiracy
18. what president was also president of the constitutional convention?
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harvard
George Washington
19. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
Ronald Reagan
Eleanor
William Howard Taft
Buffalo - New York
20. Who introduced surviver benefits?
Jimmy Carter
William and Mary College
England - France - Russia - USA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
21. After what event was the Fourteen Points presented?
World War I
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
The White House
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
22. Who was the only president to get all the electoral votes?
James Madison
The Vice President
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
George Washington
23. Where was William McKinley killed?
Barack Obama
Buffalo - New York
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
24. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
He resigned before the impeachment trial
George W. Bush
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
25. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
Teddy Roosevelt
The Korean War
England - France - Russia - USA
The fourteen points
26. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?
Ft. Sumter - South Carolina
Abigail
In their state's capital
Lyndon Johnson
27. which president was former head of CIA?
No
Monroe
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
George H. W. Bush
28. How old do you have to be to be president?
35
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
George Washington
James Madison
29. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinkley Jr.
Thomas Jefferson
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
270
30. Who acts as an advisor to the president?
The Vice President
Richard Nixon
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
Dwight David Eisenhower
31. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?
William Henry Harrison
The Civil War
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
John Boehner
32. In most states - what percent of the state's electoral votes does a candidate get if they win the popular vote?
Jimmy Carter
Social Security
The House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President
100
33. What was the nullification crisis?
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34. Who was the fpresident during WWI?
27
Woodrow Wilson
27
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.
35. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?
December 7th - 1941
William Jefferson Clinton
$150000
Teddy Roosevelt
36. What was the persian gulf war/desert storm?
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Acting
He was shot
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
37. What were John Adams's last words?
Richard Nixon
Speeches given for hope
Dallas - Texas
Jefferson still survives
38. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
Bad
Teddy Roosevelt
England - France - Russia - USA
Lyndon Johnson
39. What was the camp david accords?
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
William Jefferson Clinton
The federal government guarentees your money at a bank
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
40. What are disability benefits?
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
The fourteen points
Kentucky; Log cabin
41. Who introduced social security?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Getting out of the Great depression by hiring people - which would start a chain reaction
42. how many years is a score?
Robert E. Lee
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.
$150000
20
43. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
5
44. What two states do not use 'winner-takes all' for the electoral college?
Barack Obama
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
Maine and Nebraska
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
45. What president did the Berlin airlift?
When he jumped out of the balcony - his foot got stuck in the bunting and he fell onto stage
Harry S Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
46. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Dental; medical
Dolley
The Confederate States of America
Monroe
47. Who was our president during the Korean war?
James Madison
8
Thomas Jefferson
Dwight David Eisenhower
48. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
Civil War
60; unconstitutional
William Jefferson Clinton
15 million
49. Who was the only president to be president and then supreme court chief justice?
1803
350
William Howard Taft
England
50. Who was president for the persian gulf war?
Social Security
Dolley
George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter