Presidents
This President issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This patriot warned that the British were coming during his famous midnight ride in April 1775.
Who is Paul Revere?
In 1803, the United States doubled in size by purchasing this vast territory from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This person wrote the National Anthem.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
He served four terms as President, more than any other person in U.S. history.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This territory became the first state admitted from the Louisiana Purchase in 1812.
What is Louisiana?
This compromise counted enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This American lawyer wrote the national anthem during this battle.
What is the battle of Baltimore?
He was the first Presidential candidate to be assassinated.
Who is Joseph Smith?
This Virginian proclaimed, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" in a speech to the Virginia Convention.
Who is Patrick Henry?
This phrase described the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
There are strict age requirements to hold federal office; a Senator must be at least 30, and a President must be at least this age.
What is 35?
The number of Presidents we have had in America.
What is 45?
He was the youngest person ever elected president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This elder statesman famously said, "Join, or Die," in a cartoon urging colonial unity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
In 1959 this state became the 50th and most recent state.
What is Hawaii?
Ratified in 1913, this amendment authorized Congress to levy a federal income tax (lame).
What is the 16th Amendment?
The last major battle between America and England.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence and be President of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
George Washington became president in this year.
What is 1789?
His doctrine, announced in 1823, warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Approximatley how many months was the constitutional convention?
What is 3-4 months?
Donald Trump is currently serving as the second President to ever serve non-consecutive terms. This is the only other President to do so.
Who is Grover Cleveland?