Presidential Firsts
This president was the first to resign from office amid the infamous Watergate Scandal
Who is Richard Nixon?
This 1941 event brought the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This abolitionist and women's rights activist escaped slavery and later helped hundreds of others via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Prohibition, enforced by this amendment, banned the production, sale, and transport of alcohol in the U.S.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This real-life Mongol conqueror, often associated with myths of invincibility, founded the largest contiguous empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
He was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C. He also authorized the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In 1492, this explorer’s voyage marked the beginning of European colonization of the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Egyptian queen was known for her political acumen and alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
This 1920s financial event would lead to the Great Depression after it occurred in October 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This legendary figure, known for robbing from the rich to give to the poor, may have been inspired by multiple real-life outlaws in medieval England.
Who is Robin Hood?
He was the first president to be impeached. He narrowly avoided removal from office by one vote.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This event in 1989, characterized by the fall of this structure, symbolized the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
A suffragette leader in the United States, she played a key role in the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Nicknamed the "Sultan of Swat," this baseball legend became a household name in the 1920s.
Who is Babe Ruth?
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Legend claims this Trojan War hero devised the idea of the wooden horse, though no archaeological evidence confirms the event.
Who is Odysseus?
This president was the first to live in the White House.
Who is John Adams?
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The fall of this city in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
A 20th-century artist and feminist icon, this Mexican painter is best known for her self-portraits and vibrant use of color.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This 1925 trial, sometimes referred to as the "Monkey Trial", debated the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.
What is the Scopes Trial?
Myth credits this early Roman king with founding Rome, but archaeological evidence suggests a more complex origin.
Who is Romulus?
This president was the first to die in office, serving only 32 days.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
The invention of this device by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 revolutionized the spread of information.
What is the printing press?
Known as the "Maid of Orléans," she led French troops to victory during the Hundred Years' War before being burned at the stake.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This American pilot became a national hero in 1927 for completing the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This Norse explorer is believed to have reached North America nearly 500 years before Columbus, a claim supported by archaeological finds in Newfoundland.
Who is Lief Erickson?