Modern U.S. Presidents

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1. (10) This President did not allow the USA Olympic team to travel to the Soviet Union and take part in the 1980 games because the Soviet Union was in conflict with Afghanistan.
    (A) Gerald Ford
    (B) Jimmy Carter
    (C) Ronald Reagan
    (D) George Bush
    (E) Bill Clinton



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2. (20) Elected in 1980, this President is credited with bringing patriotism back to America.
    (A) Bill Clinton
    (B) George Bush
    (C) Ronald Reagan
    (D) Jimmy Carter
    (E) Gerald Ford



3. (30) The race to the moon between the Soviet Union and the USA caused President Kennedy to declare that the USA shall reach the moon by the end of the 1960's. What year did the USA finally land on the moon with a manned space craft?
    (A) 1970
    (B) 1969
    (C) 1968
    (D) 1967
    (E) 1966



4. (40) What scandal was the cause for President Nixon to make this famous speech?
    (A) White Water
    (B) Iran Contra
    (C) Watergate
    (D) Monica Lewinski
    (E) File Gate



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5. (50) The "Bay of Pigs" was an ill-fated attempt by Cuban exiles and US intelligence to recapture control of Cuba by an invasion from USA soil. This President signed-off on the mission but would not allow USA military participation.
    (A) John Kennedy
    (B) Lyndon Johnson
    (C) Richard Nixon
    (D) Gerald Ford
    (E) Jimmy Carter



6. (60) Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7, 1941 as a date which will live in "infamy" after what major historical event occurred?
    (A) Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
    (B) Hitler's invasion of Poland
    (C) The dropping of the first atomic bomb
    (D) Germany's surrender
    (E) Japan's surrender



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7. (70) This man was appointed Vice President and later became President without ever being elected to either office.
    (A) Dwight Eisenhower
    (B) John Kennedy
    (C) Lyndon Johnson
    (D) Richard Nixon
    (E) Gerald Ford



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8. (80) This president gave the go-ahead to drop atomic weapons on Japan in 1945 which essentially ended the war in the Pacific.
    (A) Franklin Roosevelt
    (B) Harry Truman
    (C) Dwight Eisenhower
    (D) John Kennedy
    (E) Lyndon Johnson



9. (90) This President was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
    (A) Abraham Lincoln
    (B) Dwight Eisenhower
    (C) Lyndon Johnson
    (D) John Kennedy
    (E) Harry Truman



10. (100) One of this Presidents famous speeches was in front of the Berlin Wall where he asked then Soviet Union President Gorbachov to "tear down this wall."
    (A) John Kennedy
    (B) Gerald Ford
    (C) Jimmy Carter
    (D) Ronald Reagan
    (E) George Bush



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11. (110) Dwight Eisenhower was a former General in the U.S. Army prior to becoming President of the United States.
    (A) True
    (B) False



12. (120) The war (conflict) in __________ involved Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.






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