Presidents
He is the only U.S. President to never marry, though his niece served as "First Lady."
Who is James Buchanan?
This 2001 attack involved four hijacked commercial airplanes and remains the deadliest on U.S. soil.
What is September 11th (9/11)?
The U.S. was the first country to recognize Israel's statehood in 1948, under this President.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This 1830s forced relocation of Native American tribes from the Southeast resulted in thousands of deaths.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This document, signed in 1776, begins with "When in the Course of human events..."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This President was a licensed bartender and a wrestling hall-of-famer before the White House.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In 1995, Timothy McVeigh carried out a truck bombing of a federal building in this U.S. city.
What is Oklahoma City?
This influential lobbying group holds an annual policy conference in D.C. attended by most major U.S. politicians.
What is AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee)?
These were the two Japanese cities targeted by American atomic bombs in August 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the bombardment of this Baltimore fort.
What is Fort McHenry? $
He famously got stuck in a custom-made, oversized bathtub installed in the White House.
Who is William Howard Taft?
This 1979 event involved the storming of the U.S. Embassy and the holding of 52 Americans for 444 days.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
In 2017, the U.S. officially recognized this city as the capital of Israel and moved its embassy there.
What is Jerusalem?
During WWII, over 120,000 people of this ancestry were forcibly held in U.S. internment camps.
What is Japanese?
What U.S. president almost got a state named after him?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This President turned down offers to play in the NFL for the Lions and the Packers.
Who is Gerald Ford?
He was the domestic terrorist known as the "Unabomber" who sent mail bombs over a 17-year period.
Who is Ted Kaczynski?
Israel receives more of this type of U.S. annual funding than almost any other nation, totaling billions per year.
What is Foreign/Military Aid?
This 40-year "study" in Alabama involved withholding syphilis treatment from Black men without their consent.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
She is the woman traditionally (though debated by historians) credited with sewing the first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
He was the first President to be born a United States citizen (the ones before him were born British subjects).
Who is Martin Van Buren?
This 1993 event at the World Trade Center involved a truck bomb detonated in the North Tower's underground garage.
What is the World Trade Center bombing?
This 1978 agreement, brokered by Jimmy Carter, led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
What are the Camp David Accords?
This secret CIA project during the Cold War involved illegal human experimentation with LSD and mind control.
What is MKUltra?
In the Pledge of Allegiance, these two words were not added until 1954 during the Eisenhower administration.
What are "Under God"?