Presidents
The faces of presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved into this massive South Dakota monument.
What is Mount Rushmore National Memorial?
After struggling with drug and alcohol dependency, this First Lady helped establish an addiction treatment center.
Who was Betty Ford?
This is the sport that Jackie Robinson played
What is baseball?
Before turning to politics, this two-term president considered becoming a professional saxophone player.
Who is Bill Clinton?
“Lady Bird” was the nickname for the wife of this president.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
This is the city where Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus toa white man.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
This Republican president, serving from 1974 to 1977, had turned down offers to play professional football.
Who was President Gerald Ford?
(Ford attended the University of Michigan, where he was a star football player. The team won national titles in both 1932 and 1933. After graduation, he turned down offers to play with both the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. Instead, he took a coaching job at Yale University in 1935 because he also wanted to attend law school. He left after six seasons with a law degree in hand.)
Before becoming a First Lady, she starred in 11 feature films, including The Next Voice You Hear, Donovan’s Brain, and the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Dark Wave.
Who was Nancy Reagan?
(Her stage name was “Nancy Davis”)
This is the secret escape system that Harriet Tubman used to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom.
What is the Underground Railway?
After completing his time in office, this U.S. president picked up painting portraits of world leaders and heroes as a hobby.
Who is Gearge W. Bush?
In April of 1933, she made history by becoming the first first lady to fly in an airplane piloted by Amelia Earhart.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
(She snuck out of a White House dinner with famed aviator Amelia Earhart and other guests, and together they commandeered an airplane near Hoover Field. Earhart even promised to give Mrs. Roosevelt flying lessons!)
This is the name of the novel that earned author Alice Walker a Pulitzer Prize.
What is The Color Purple?
Four U.S. presidents have received the Nobel Peace Prize. Name two.
Who are Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama?
She saved a rare painting of George Washington before British troops torched the White House in 1814.
Who was Dolley Madison?
Maya Angelou became the first woman and first African American to read a poem at this person’s presidential inauguration.
Who is Bill Clinton?