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Presidential Trivia, by A-Rod
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Political Studies
11th Grade
04/03/2008

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Father & son
Definition
John Adams, John Quincy Adams
George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush
Term
Grandfather & grandson
Definition
William Henry Harrison,
Benjamin Harrison
Term
Cousins
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt,
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Term
Same last name,
No relation
Definition
Andrew Johnson,
Lyndon B. Johnson
Term
Shortest term
Definition
William Henry Harrison
1 month
Term
Longest term
Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
12 years ('33-'45)
Term
Youngest
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy (elected)
Term
Oldest
Definition
Ronald Reagan
Term
Tallest
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Term
Shortest
Definition
James Madison
Term
LARGEST
Definition
William Howard Taft
Term
Mount Rushmore
Definition
Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln

(We jerkoff right, left)
Term
Presidents buried in D.C.
Definition
Arlington Nat'l Cemetary
- JFK
- William Howard Taft

Washington Nat'l Cathedral
- Woodrow Wilson
Term
Assasinated Presidents
Definition
Abraham Lincoln,
James Garfield,
William McKinley,
John F Kennedy
Term
Impeached Presidents
Definition
Andrew Johnson (not guilty)
Bill Clinton (not guilty)
Term
Resigned Presidents
Definition
Richard Nixon
Aug. 1974
Term
First Catholic Prez
Definition
John F. Kennedy
Term
Prez invites Pope to White House
Definition
Jimmy Carter
Term
First president to be sworn into office on a plane by a woman
Definition
Lyndon B. Johnson
Term
Prez AND Chief Justice at different times
Definition
William Howard Taft
Term
Prez who named a candy bar after his daughter (Baby Ruth)
Definition
Grover Cleveland
Term
Prez to have never been married
Definition
James Buchanan
Term
Prez with a Ph.D.
Definition
Woodrow Wilson
Term
"The buck stops here"
Definition
Harry Truman
Term
First prez to appoint a black to the Supreme Court
Definition
Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall
Term
Attempted Assasination of a president-elect
Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt was almost shot by Giuseppe Zangara, an Italian immigrant.

He successfully assisinated Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago.

Before dying, Cermak told FDR, "I'm glad it was me instead of you".
Term
Prez Nobel Peace Prize recipients
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter
Term
State capitals named after prez's
Definition
JACKSON, MI - Andrew Jackson
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Thomas Jefferson
LINCOLN, NE - Abraham Lincoln
MADISON, WI - James Madison
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