The oldest elected president and former Hollywood actor
Who is Ronald Reagan?
100
Provides cash benefits to retirees, the disabled, as well as the spouses, children, and dependent parents of workers who have died
What is Social Security?
100
The current Secretary of State and former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Who is John Kerry?
100
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Who is Barack Obama
100
The year fireworks were first used for 4th of July
What is 1776?
200
These four U.S. presidents were assassinated in office
Who are Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, William McKinley, and Andrew Garfield?
200
Provides cash benefits to laid off workers. Benefit levels are calculated based on a percentage of worker's last wages?
What is Unemployment Insurance?
200
Used his/her shoe as a “diplomatic tool” in the UN in 1960?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
200
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
4th of July become an official national holiday in this year
What is 1941?
300
This president also served as a Chief Justice of the United States following his presidency
Who is William Taft?
300
Provides low-income women who are pregnant or have children up to age five with food vouchers, health care referrals and nutrition education
What is the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)?
300
This Latin American country uses the US dollar as its currency
What is Ecuador?
300
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”
Who is George Washington?
300
If the President and Vice President die at the same time this official becomes President
Who is the Speaker of the House?
400
The first president to be born a United States citizen
Who is Martin Van Buren?
400
Gives grants to agencies to provide early math and reading skills, as well as social and cognitive development opportunities, to low-income children.
What is Head Start?
400
Wrote the Long Telegram in 1946 which outlined this policy against the Soviet Union
Who is George F. Kennan?
What is containment?
400
“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.”
Who is Harry Truman?
400
This year was the last time a Republican became US President without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket; also name the president who one that election
What is 1928? Who is Herbert Hoover?
500
The first President to travel abroad while in office
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
The government may take your land and compensate you if the land is used for the betterment of the whole community.
What is Eminent Domain?
500
The first country to recognize the United States' independence in 1776
What is the Republic of Dubrovnik? (could be France)
500
“A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.”
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
500
Aside from Supreme Court Justices, this position has the longest term of office in the federal government