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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 is thought to have assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy?






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






3. What did John Wilkes Booth say after he shot Lincoln?






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






5. Who supported manifest destiny?






6. Where was Abraham Lincoln born? What kind of house did he live in?






7. Who was the first VP?






8. Where does the right to navigate teh seas without interference not apply?






9. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






10. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?






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






12. Andrew Johnson was _________'s VP






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






14. Who was the only catholic president?






15. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?






16. Who is the current speaker of the House?






17. Who moved up when John Fitzgerald Kennedy died because He was his VP?






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






19. What was reconstruction?






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






21. What transportation does the president get?






22. After Abraham Lincoln was shot - He was carried across the street to ________________ where he dies when?






23. Who invaded Iraq?






24. What did the Interstate Highway System also do besides provide a road for driving?






25. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






26. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






27. What is Camp David?






28. Where did the civil war begin?






29. How many kids did George Washington have?






30. How many presidents were killed in office?






31. Who passed Universal health care?






32. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?






33. Sedition acts






34. Which president was the youngest to serve?






35. Which presidents were cousins?






36. What is the command of army act?






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






38. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?






39. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated






40. Who became president when Richard Nixon resigend because they were his VP?






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






42. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






43. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






44. What is the inauguration date?






45. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.






46. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






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






48. Which president started the two term tradition?






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






50. Grover Cleveland was the ____ and ____ president (numbers)