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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 won the Nobel peace prize because he told Russia and Japan not to fight - but to love?






2. Who takes over if the President is disabled or dies?






3. Who was a Great General in war of 1812?






4. Do we vote directly for the president?






5. Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt married to?






6. what disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?






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






8. What was the Banking Holiday?






9. Who was the first African American President?






10. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






11. What month and day do we vote for the president?






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






13. Why wasn't Andrew Johnson removed from office when He was impeached?






14. How many days was the Iran Hostage crisis?






15. What was the Berlin Airlift?






16. Jimmy Carter was the former governor of ____.






17. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






18. what ended a couple of days before Abraham Lincoln's Assasination?






19. John Quicy Adams spent time In what continent?






20. Which presidents won the nobel peace prize (in order)?






21. During the civil war - the south's president was _____________.






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






23. What was the Emancipation proclamation meant to do?






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






25. Who said 'A date that will live in infamy'? What were they talking about (separate with semicolon)?






26. Who was the commander in charge of Europe afor the Allies in WWII?






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






28. Who did fireside chats?






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






30. What weapon was used to kill Lincoln?






31. How many electors are in the electoral college?






32. How many former vice presidents have become president?






33. What year was the White House burnt down?






34. During the civil war - the south's general was ____________.






35. Who was a peanut farmer?






36. What state is Camp David in?






37. Who presented the Fourteen Points?






38. Which president was the 'father of the constitution'?






39. Why did WWII begin?






40. What are disability benefits?






41. How many years is a presidential term?






42. What is the family Medical Leave Act?






43. Where was Thomas Jefferson born?






44. Do we vote directly for the president?






45. How was James Garfield killed?






46. What transportation does the president get?






47. James Monroe created the ________ Doctrine






48. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?






49. What is FDIC (explaIn what it means - not what it stands for)?






50. What was William Jefferson Clinton impeached for?