THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
This state was the first to ratify the Constitution, doing so on December 7, 1787.
What is Delaware?
This man made a midnight ride to Lexington, Mass. to warn residents the British were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
This amendment gives the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
"I am not a crook."
Who was Nixon?
He won the election of 1860, becoming the first Republican president in history.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This river connects to Washington DC.
What is the Potomac?
The official anthem played for the President of the United States.
What is "Hail to the Chief?"
This is what the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called.
What is The Bill of Rights?
In 1775, American forces captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British. Fort Ticonderoga can be found in this present-day state.
What is New York?
This principle states no branch is more powerful than the other branch.
What is the Balance of Powers?
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Who was FDR?
On Valentine's Day 1962, this first lady took viewers on a televised 'tour of the White House'.
Who was Jackie Kennedy?
A deal is made to make Washington, DC the nation's new capital in "The Room Where It Happens, in this smash hit Broadway musical?
What is "Hamilton?"
This song composed in 1906 as a Naval Academy football fight song was later adopted by the U.S. Navy as its official song.
What is "Anchors Aweigh?"
According to the Constitution, a person must be this age to run for president.
What is 35?
During this battle the British surrendered to the Continental Army on October 19, 1781.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This amendment abolished slavery in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
"America is too great for small dreams."
Who was Reagan?
She was the first lady from 1989 to 1993.
Who was Barbara Bush?
The Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C., along the Anacostia River, is the home Park of this Major League Baseball franchise.
Who are the Washington Nationals?
This song/hymn, written by Julia Ward Howe, is set to the tune of the folk song "John Brown’s Body."
What is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic?"
Our country's first Constitution was called this.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
He said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who was Patrick Henry?
This president was born on the 4th of July.
Who was Calvin Coolidge - 1872?
"Forgive your enemies but never forget their names."
Who was JFK?
He was president of the Confederate State of America during the Civil War.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The 1855 Gothic-Romanesque building known colloquially as "The Castle" is the headquarters of this institution, which administers several other buildings along the National Mall.
What is the Smithsonian Institution?
He wrote the song, "This Land is Your Land..."
Who was Woody Guthrie?
This was the average age of the framers of the Constitution (within 5 years).
What is 40?
This treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, officially recognizing American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This man was a slave that was taken to a free state and sued for freedom.
Who was Dred Scott?
Who was Washington?
He was the only president (besides Trump) to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
This U.S. Secretary of State, who served under President Eisenhower, is the namesake of an airport that serves Washington, DC.
Who is Dulles?
Why was the lyricist of "The Star-Spangled Banner" present at the British bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry the night he wrote the song?
He was a lawyer negotiating the release of a prisoner.