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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. Who was on the good side for WWI (abc order)?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
England - France - Russia - USA
The president
5
2. Who said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' at their 1st inaugural?
20
Polio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
3. How many kids did John Tyler have?
James Madison
35 said He was guilty - but he needed 36
15
Teddy Roosevelt
4. Why did WWI happen?
Germany was attacking ships
X-ray
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
5. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
England - France - Russia - USA
1 million
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
John Wilkes Booth
6. The ______ was invented when William McKinley was killed - and it could have saved him.
X-ray
William and Mary College
25
1814
7. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?
The Korean War
John Adams
George Washington
Civil War
8. Who had many affairs during their presidency but claimed not to?
No
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
William Jefferson Clinton
Civil War
9. Who was the first VP to move up on death of a president?
Robert E. Lee
East of Africa
John Tyler
Kentucky; Log cabin
10. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
He fired the Secretary of War Staton
Mary Todd-Lincoln
The Vice President
11. What was the Banking Holiday?
Dallas - Texas
The banks were closed because everyone wanted their money at once
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
December 7th - 1941
12. Who was William McKinley's VP that moved up when He was killed?
Teddy Roosevelt
South; north
Woodrow Wilson
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
13. Who was embarrassed when they received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Richard Nixon
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14. Why didn't the Emancipation proclamation work?
5
USA
Democratic National Headquarters; Watergate
The north and the south were split up
15. How many presidents died in office?
8
George Washington
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Germany was attacking ships
16. When did we get involved and stop being involved with WWI? (month and year)
Daniel Inouye
Dwight David Eisenhower
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
April 1917- November 1918
17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife was related to him how?
His 5th cousin
Peterson House; the next morning
Money goes to kids when a parent dies
The Civil War
18. What is the inauguration date?
Dwight David Eisenhower
30
1914-1918
January 20th
19. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?
Free the slaves in the south
Andrew Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson
20. Who were the second presidents to be father and son?
Lyndon Johnson
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Harvard
Crime to print false or meliscious or scandalist stuff about the U.S. gov.
21. Who was president for the 9/11 attacks?
George W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Conspiracy
27
22. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
Civil rights
Medical insurance for all americans
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
23. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
Massachusetts
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
Sexual harrassment
Teddy Roosevelt
24. James Madison's wife was ________ Madison.
Dolley
The US was prepared to send money and military support to countries that want to resist communism
Richard Nixon
Self
25. What was the league of nations?
Gerald Ford
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Hillary Clinton
Acting
26. What president made the emancipation proclamtion?
Abraham Lincoln
14
The Vice President
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
27. Who invaded Iraq?
Lyndon Johnson
When we dropped food and supplies to people in West Berlin
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
George W. Bush
28. How many kids did George Washington have?
0
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
No
29. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?
Joe Biden
Eleanor
The south
Acting
30. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
Speeches given for hope
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
George W. Bush
31. In the War of 1812 - ________ (country) kept stealing our ________ (people) and _______ (items) in the middle of the ocean (separate with semicolon).
A 2nd home for the president
USA
Maine and Nebraska
England; sailors; products
32. What college did George Washington go to?
None
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; July 4th - 1826
Woodrow Wilson
William Jefferson Clinton
33. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?
September 1st - 1939
Civil War
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
The Vice President
34. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.
Writters for Washington Post who figured out Richard Nixon's case
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
James Madison
35. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
60; unconstitutional
His wife
Bad
Perjury and obstruction of justice
36. What was the Tenure of Office Act/
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
Teddy Roosevelt
The president could not fire and federal official who had gotten their job with Senate approval
George Washington
37. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
The Vice President
Barack Obama
Monticello - Virginia
The north and the south were split up
38. Which presidents were cousins?
Civil rights
Since birth
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
39. Who had the shortest presidency?
William Henry Harrison
1803
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Revolutionary War
40. What was the league of nations?
Jimmy Carter
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
He was shot
41. Who balanced the budget?
Teddy Roosevelt
27
Dolley
William Jefferson Clinton
42. What is manifest destiny? how many square miles was it?
14
Thus always to tyrants
The idea to own all the land from the pacific to the atlantic ocean; 1.2 million
The Civil War
43. What were fireside chats?
Mom
1
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Speeches given for hope
44. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
Harry S Truman
November
The president
You can collect money if you become disabled before retirement
45. During the civil war - the south named itself _____.
Bad
Teddy Roosevelt
Self
The Confederate States of America
46. This president helped write the federalist papers.
Barack Obama
James Madison
Teddy Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
47. What was the nullification crisis?
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183
48. How many presidents died in office?
None
He resigned before the impeachment trial
8
Period after the Civil War and how we reunited
49. Which president adopted independence - was loyal - smart - and a lawyer?
John Adams
George Washington
William and Mary College
132
50. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
Self
100
George Washington