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U.S. Presidents Trivia
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1. How many presidents died of natural causes in office?
4
January 1st - 1863
Abraham Lincoln
18
2. Who was the first president not to win the popular vote and to become president?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Quicy Adams
The Gettysburg Address
3. What state was John Adams from?
April 12th - 1861
Massachusetts
132
The Civil War
4. Andrew Johnson had a (good/bad) relation ship with congress over reconstruction
The Vice President
James Madison
Bad
James Madison
5. Abraham Lincoln was ______ educated
George Washington
Self
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
William Henry Harrison
6. How many electoral votes does Florida have?
Europe
Eleanor
27
George W. Bush
7. What is the command of army act?
Forced the president to issue all military orders through general of the army who could not be removed without senate approval
Gerald Ford
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
8. Lyndon Johnson got lots of bills passed involving ______.
He was shot
We thought there were weapons of mass destruction - but there weren't
George H. W. Bush
Civil rights
9. What was a talent of John Wilkes Booth?
Acting
Joe Biden
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. Manifest Destiny was to have all the land from __________ to ___________ (east to west)
John Hinkley Jr.
James Polk
Lyndon Johnson
New Mexico to California
11. When Harry S Truman was president during WWII - what two places in japan were bombed (abc order)?
His wife
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dwight David Eisenhower
Mary Todd-Lincoln
12. how many years is a score?
4
20
Europe
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
13. Who was president for the Bay of Pigs?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Vice President
Teddy Roosevelt
George W. Bush
14. Where did Thomas Jefferson go to college?
George Washington
270
Martha
William and Mary College
15. How much money does the president earn per year?
James Madison
$400000
Monticello - Virginia
OK to send home foregienors if they looked dangerous; also if we were in war with their country
16. Who had a 12 year affair with Gennifer Flowers?
Says to Europe to stay out of the western memosphere and don't colonize; the U.S. will consider colonization a threat to our secruity; we will stay out of European affairs unless they affect us
William Jefferson Clinton
New Mexico to California
Dwight David Eisenhower
17. Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
The Vice President
John Hinkley Jr.
When peace was made between Israel and Egypt at Camp David
Richard Nixon
18. How was James Garfield killed?
He was shot on his way to a college reunion
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
19. What is the Electoral College?
Acting
Thomas Jefferson
They were classmates in college
A group of representatives chosen by the voters to elect the President
20. Can the amount of money a president earns be increased/decreased during someone's term of office?
Richard Nixon
William Jefferson Clinton
No
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
21. Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassinated?
John Quincy Adams - Rutherford B. Hayes - Benjamin Harrison - and George W. Bush
Lyndon Johnson
Dallas - Texas
April 1917- November 1918
22. Which president created the University of Virgina?
Providing a backup place for military plane landing
His 5th cousin
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
23. Which president was a 'rough rider' in the Spanish American War?
World War I
Civil War
Harry S Truman
Teddy Roosevelt
24. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died a short time into his ____ term.
Guam - Midway Islands - Philippines - and Puerto Rico
350
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
4th
25. Which president recognized Israel and traded with them and gave money and embassadors to them?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Monticello - Virginia
Harry S Truman
26. What was Lincoln's most famous speech?
Civil War
None
The Gettysburg Address
James Polk
27. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
John Boehner
William Jefferson Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
England; sailors; products
28. James Madison's wife is famous for...
Saving a picture of Washington during the war
John Adams
7; 11
George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson - James Madison - James Monroe - and John Quincy Adams
29. During the Great Depression - ____% were unemployed.
25
Conspiracy
William Jefferson Clinton
18
30. What state is Camp David in?
December 7th - 1941
In their state's capital
Maryland
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
31. What was the Bay of Pigs?
November 22nd - 1963
William Henry Harrison - Zachary Taylor - Warren Harding - and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cuba wanted to overthrow Castrow and our military helped train them
27
32. Why did the league of nations fail (what country wouldn't join)?
December 7th - 1941
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
USA
33. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
The three day battle in July in Gettysburg about slaves
George Washington
Maryland
The Korean War
34. What was the league of nations?
William McKinley
Club with all countries where problems were discussed peacefully
Harry S Truman
2
35. Where does the president live for free?
Europe
A support group of countries
The White House
George H.W. Bush and George Bush
36. Who invaded Iraq?
Worker can take three months off in a year to take care of sick relatives or him/herself and cannot be fired
George W. Bush
7; 11
Zapruder film
37. What were fireside chats?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Germany invaded Poland
Honor people who died - make sure the country survies
Speeches given for hope
38. How did William McKinley die?
He was shot
Barack Obama
Monroe
Abigail
39. What was the most terms served by a president?
4
Sic Semper Tyrannis - the south is avenged
Teddy Roosevelt
Monroe
40. Who was a peanut farmer?
Conspiracy
Teddy Roosevelt - Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter - and Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
Iraq invaded Kuwait - and a coalition of naions push Iraq out of Kuwait
41. The person who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy is thought to have killed him in a _______ - or not alone.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Conspiracy
Hillary Clinton
42. How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
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43. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?
Jimmy Carter
Polio
25
Conspiracy
44. 'Speak softley and carry a big stick' was a quote of who?
1803
Peterson House; the next morning
Teddy Roosevelt
350
45. Who is considered 'the father of our country'?
George Washington
Polio
Enola Gay
4
46. 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 ________.
William Seward; $7.2 million; Alaska
No
William McKinley
William Jefferson Clinton
47. Why wasn't Richard Nixon thrown out of office?
Mount Vernon - Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
He resigned before the impeachment trial
48. Where does the number of electors in the electoral college come from?
Andrew Johnson
The number of people in Congress plus 3 for DC
Enola Gay
Teddy Roosevelt
49. Who had the shortest presidency?
Harvard
If he serves 2 or less years of someone else's term plus 8 years on his own
William Henry Harrison
Harry S Truman
50. What war never officially ended but just doesn't fight any more?
0
The Korean War
John Wilkes Booth
James Madison