American Government/Politics
What were the first governing documents of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
Who did the colonies fight in the Revolutionary War?
Great Britain
What is considered to be the first social movement/protest in America?
Boston Tea Party
What year did the 9/11 attacks happen?
2001
How many stars did the original United States flag contain?
13, one for each colony
How many people sit in Congress?
538 (100 in Senate and 438 in the House of Reps)
What powers did the United States fight with during WWI and WWII?
Allied Powers
WWI: France, Great Britain, and Russia
WWII: UK, Soviet Union, and China
What was the first big event of the Women's Suffrage movement?
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
In 2013, which historical act of terrorism in the United States took place?
Boston Marathon Bombings
How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
27
What presidents have been impeached?
Andrew Johnson (1868), Bill Clinton (1998), and Donald Trump (2019/21)
Richard Nixon resigned before the impeachment process
What state did the United States gain from the Spanish-American War?
Hawaii
Which war was the Kent State protests/shootings in response to?
Vietnam War
What year were Alaska and Hawaii made states of the United States?
1959
Urbanization in the United States hit a peak in what decade?
Who did Richard Nixon run for president against in 1972 when the Watergate Scandal took place?
George McGovern
What was the name of the building where the South surrendered at during the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
When was the first March for Life protest?
1973
What was the name of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade?
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
Which senator was responsible for being in charge of the "Red Scare" and the prosecutions in the United States?
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (McCarthyism)
When was the first female elected into Congress?
1916
Jeannette Rankin from Montana, who was then elected again in 1940
What Middle Eastern country did President Obama insist we keep troops in?
Afghanistan
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was part of what event during the Civil Rights Movement?
March on Washington (For Jobs and Freedom), 1963
Who was the first woman to seriously run for president?
Hillary Clinton in 2016
How did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt connect with the citizens during the Great Depression/New Deal Era?
Hosting a radio show called FDR's Fireside Chats