Presidential
Wars
50 States
Laws
100
During his presidency, he enjoyed skinny-dipping in the Potomac River in the early mornings.
John Quincy Adams
100
This American war totaled up over 750,000 deaths.
The Civil War
100
If it were a country, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world, beating out Italy, Russia, and India.
California
100
In this year women were given the liberty of voting.
1920
200
Monrovia, the capital of the Liberia, is named after ? He supported the American Colonization Society in its work to create a home for freed slaves in Liberia.
James Monroe
200
The first American serviceman killed was killed by the...
Russians
200
Although Congress intended the state to be a perfect rectangle, its surveyors wandered a bit off course. A tiny kink in the western border disqualified it from rectangle purity.
Colorado
200
The administration that makes all of the food safety laws.
FDA
300
An ultra-successful liquor distributor in the new country. He made rye whiskey, apple brandy and peach brandy in his Mount Vernon distillery
George Washington
300
In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the US military was 12 years old. He lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered after he was wounded. His name was...
Calvin Graham
300
The remains of an 8,000-year-old human civilization were found buried in a peat bog here. The bodies were so well preserved that human brain tissue was found in a woman’s skull with her DNA still intact.
Florida
300
Which amendment is the section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a citizen a speedy trial, a fair jury, an attorney if the accused person wants one, and the chance to confront the witnesses who is accusing the defendant of a crime.
6th
400
He was Princeton University's first graduate student.
James Madison
400
Americans used the name ‘Liberty Steak.’ during WW2 in order to avoid using this German sounding name.
Hamburger
400
Site of the world’s most perfect diamond, the 3.03-carat Strawn-Wagner Diamond, and North America’s largest diamond, the 40.23-carat Uncle Sam Diamond, both unearthed at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro.
Arkansas
400
When was Roe vs. Wade decided on?
1973
500
His nickname was "Old Kinderhook" because he was raised in Kinderhook, N.Y. A popular theory states that the term "O.K." is derived from the O.K. clubs that sprung up to support his campaign.
Van Buren
500
During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was actually located in
Mexico
500
It’s the state that was proved to be—quite literally—flatter than a pancake. Scientists tested the flatness of the state against the topography of a pancake. On a zero- to-one scale of perfect flatness, ? was flatter, with a score of 0.9997. The pancake scored only 0.957.
Kansas
500
It is illegal to put an alligator in the bathtub in this state.
ARKANSAS