Presidents
This President presided over the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington
What MTV music video by Michael Jackson premiered in 1983 and became famous for its dance sequence and special effects?
What is Thriller
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press.
What is the First Amendment?
This civil rights leader delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
This document begins with the words "We the people"
What is the Constitution
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This Broadway musical tells the story of one of the founding fathers and how he helped craft the US Constitution
What is Hamilton?
This founding father was a famous printer and publisher who helped spread information in colonial America.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
This 1773 protest involved American colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
What is The Boston Tea Party
This document was the rule of law before the Constitution
This president resigned in 1974 because of a scandal uncovered by journalists?
Who is Richard Nixon
This famous Italian American artist who sang hits such as New York, New York, challenged the racial inequality of his time, and allied with the Civil Rights Movement,
Who is Frank Sinatra
The New York Post, founded in 1801 by this founding father, is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
This woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, helping spark a major civil rights protest.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The number of amendments in the bill of rights
Ten
This president was the only one to serve more than two terms
Who isFranklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
This American artist is the first Rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize after releasing an album that explored the themes of wickedness and weakness, framing human existence as a constant moral and spiritual crossroads.
Who is Kendrick Lamar
This 1898 war was partly fueled by sensationalist newspaper coverage, including reporting by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This movement fought for women's right to vote, culminating nationally in 1920.
What is the women's suffrage movement?
This amendment abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The number of presidents that have been assasinated
Four (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy)
This writer said, “I know why the caged bird sings” and wrote poems about strength and justice.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This famous newspaper published the story of the Watergate scandal that helped lead to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is the Washington Post
During the 1960's college students and other Americans organized protests against U.S. involvement in this conflict.
What is the Vietnam War
This constitutional principle divides governmental authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is the separation of powers.