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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 presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote? (in order)






2. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






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






4. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.






5. What did the monroe doctrine say?


6. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






7. What month and year was the Gettysburg Address said?






8. Why did WWI happen?






9. Who attends diplomatic functions in place of the president?






10. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






11. What is Camp David?






12. Who said 'The buck stops here'?






13. Who was on the bad side for WWI (abc order)?






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






15. How many years younger was John Tyler's wife than him?






16. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?






17. Who was our president during the Korean war?






18. What was the New Deal?






19. What does 'Sic Semper Tyrranis' mean?






20. Which president had a stroke in his bathroom?






21. How much was the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased?






22. During the civil war - the ________ wanted slaves and the ________ did not.






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






24. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?






25. Who is the current secretary of state?






26. Who was president during the War of 1812 against England?






27. William Jefferson Clinton paid Paula Jones $____.






28. What was the Tenure of Office Act/






29. How many years is a presidential term?






30. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?






31. What transportation does the president get?






32. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






33. What was the Bay of Pigs?






34. Who was president when the United Nations was formed?






35. Which president got Alzheimers and forgot being president?






36. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?






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






38. Where did Abraham Lincoln's assasination take place?


39. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.






40. Who balanced the budget?






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






42. What transportation does the president get?






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






44. How many years is a presidential term?






45. What date did the civil war begin?






46. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






47. What war did George Washington lead the army for?






48. What is the mandatory retirement plan run by the government?






49. Did we win the Spanish American War?






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