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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 was the fpresident during WWI?






2. Do we vote directly for the president?






3. Who was president for the nullification crisis?






4. What is NATO (not what it stands for - what it is)?






5. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






6. How many pounds was William Howard Taft?






7. What is the inauguration date?






8. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






9. How many presidents died in office?






10. What date was John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed on?






11. How much of a retirement income per year does the president make (for life)?






12. How did William McKinley die?






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






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






15. What was a popular film of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination?






16. Where does the president live for free?






17. Who is the current speaker of the House?






18. There was a _________ - or a group of people - who helped John Wilkes Booth kill Lincoln and also planned to kill the VP and Secretary.






19. When did we enter WWII?






20. When was the Emancipation proclamation?






21. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?

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22. Franklin Delano Roosevelt got his middle name because his _____'s favorite relative was de la Noye






23. Who was President during the Spanish American War?






24. Who built the Interstate Highway System?






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






26. Which presient send Lewis and Clark on their journey?






27. Who introduced surviver benefits?






28. Which president made the panama canal?






29. Who did the Banking Holiday?






30. Who did we help in the Vietnam war and the korean war?






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






32. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?






33. Who went to the Supreme court and tried to increase it to fifteen judges - but was told no?






34. What were the territories we gained in the Spanish American War? (ABC order with commas inbetween)






35. How many electors are in the electoral college?






36. Who was our president during the Korean war?






37. Which president created the University of Virgina?






38. How many kids did George Washington have?






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






40. Woodrow Wilson's ideas on not to have a war - the league of nations - and the freedom to navigate the seas without interference are known as ________.






41. Who was the only man to be president Who was not elected to either vp spot or the presidency?






42. Who was FDR's VP Who was president for WWII?






43. What is the command of army act?






44. Sewards Folly was when ________ (secretary of state) bought land for $______ - which was thought to be as a joke then - but now that land is known as ________.






45. What is the Electoral College?






46. Who was our president when we kille Osama bin Laden?






47. What president did the Berlin airlift?






48. Who ran the country when Woodrow Wilson couldn't?






49. What is the Truman Doctrine?






50. Which president was a great general - a leader - honest - and trustworth?