Forgettable Presidents
This president only became president though the electoral college on the promise that Reconstruction would end.
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
After uniting his people to defeat Custer, this famous leader was killed out of fear he would join the Ghost Dance movement.
Who was Sitting Bull?
This amendment established a federal income tax.
This court case ruled that segregation was illegal, overturning the case of Plessy v. Fergusen.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This state was an important leader in the American Revolution in terms of zeal, and some famous figures.
What is Massachusetts?
This president died after only a month in office.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
This famous leader led an entire military against settlers in the Missouri and Arkansas region, and the whole war was named after him.
Who is Black Hawk?
This amendment allows you to have a trial by a jury of your peers.
What is the 7th amendment?
This court case legalized abortion for women.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This state was one of the few states after 1776 to be independent, and was a part of Mexico.
What is Texas?
[California is also an acceptable answer]
This president had good potential, but was quickly assassinated by a religious radical after that man didn't get a job.
Who was James Garfield?
This crazy leader ran back and forth across the border from Mexico and the United States until his eventual capture.
Who is Geronimo?
This amendment established birthright citizenship and due process.
What is the 14th amendment?
This court case established the precedent of judicial review, giving more power to the Supreme Court.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This state became central to the issue of slavery, with a debate emerging about it's admission in 1820.
What is Missouri?
This President was so irrelevant he doesn't even show up in the curriculum. Hint hint, he was number 14.
Who was Franklin Pierce?
You probably know him by his English name, this leader caused the single greatest calamity in the 17th century colonial Americas through his war.
Who is Metacomet?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th amendment?
This court case ruled that the violation of treaties with Indigenous nations was illegal, but President Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This state was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
This president was the first president to serve two non-sequential terms.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
We all know and remember famous leader Tecumseh, but this person is his equally-important brother.
This amendment allows the Congress of the United States to remove a president from office.
What is the 25th amendment?
This court case gave more power to the Congress of the United States, by regulating them to interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This state became known as "Seward's Folly", but later was found to be quite profitable.
What is Alaska?