American Geography
What President (elected in 1852) is the only in US History to be denied renomination by his party for a second elected term?
Franklin Pierce
The Fifth Party System in the United States, which hosted relative Democratic dominance with their New Deal Coalition, began with which president's 1932 election?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Which U.S. president spent the longest time in office? This man served in the office until his death at age 63.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What is the four-letter name for a fragment sometimes created when holes are made in a paper or card? The "hanging" variety of this common noun became a hot topic during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in the state of Florida.
Chad
The Warren Commission officially claimed a "single-bullet theory" for the assassination of President Kennedy. Conspiracy theorists / detractors claim that another bullet was fired nearby. Now slang for conspiracy theories broadly, what is the name for this alternative firing location
Grassy Knoll
In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.
Texas
The largest wildcat strike in US history was an 8-day strike in March of what year? The strikers were 200,000 postal workers. We'll accept responses within five years of the correct answer.
1970 (1965 - 1975 accepted)
Executed as a spy in 1776, what speaker of the immortal phrase "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" is the official State Hero of Connecticut?
Nathan Hale
What four-word phrase spoken by Ronald Reagan in Europe in 1987 received relatively little media coverage at the time but exploded into ubiquity two years later when the phrase became reality? The phrase eventually became shorthand for an entire speech and foreign policy achievement.
"Tear down this wall "
Now the namesake of a class of aircraft carriers, what Texan commanded the US Pacific fleet during World War II and served as America's Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 to 1947?
Nimitz
Civil Rights activist Yuji Ichioka founded the short lived AAPA organization while studying at UC Berkeley in 1968. What two word alliterative name, coined by Ichioka to refer to a particular demographic of people in the U.S.A, did the first two letters of AAPA stand for?
Asian American
What economic agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada was enacted in 1994 and replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in 2020?
NAFTA
Today, Washington D.C. is the nation’s capital, but it’s far from being the only place to take on the role throughout America’s history. In 1789, the first capital of the United States was actually located in which city?
New York City
Appointed in 1967 and played memorably on film by Chadwick Boseman, what is the name of the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the only U.S. president to have a PhD in political science? He earned it from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.
Woodrow Wilson
According to legend, Delaware gets the nickname "Diamond State" because it was once called "a jewel among the states" by what U.S. President?
Thomas Jefferson
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in what iconic 1854 work of nonfiction literature?
Walden
Michael C. Hall played President John F. Kennedy in scenes reenacting a visit to Queen Elizabeth II, played at the time by Claire Foy, on Season 2 of what big-budget Netflix series?
The Crown
Happening in the southeastern portion of Montana, Custer's Last Stand occurred during what battle during the Great Sioux War of 1876?
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Ten years after his death, several criminals attempted to steal and ransom Lincoln's remains but were caught by what federal law enforcement agency that is currently nested within the Department of Homeland Security?
Secret Service
From 1776 to 1783, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets about the Revolution, known as the “The American ______.” Fill in the one word “C” blank, a time of intense difficulty and danger.
The American Crisis
Room 214 of what Washington, DC hotel has been converted to "The Scandal Room," with decor that includes newspaper headlines about Richard Nixon's resignation?
The Watergate Hotel
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison used the pen name "Publius" to publish what set of 85 essays in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788?
The Federalist Papers
Which US president, whose middle name was only one letter, is the only president to ever commission use of a nuclear weapon?
Harry S Truman
"I Like Ike" was a popular campaign slogan in 1952 for what ultimately successful candidate for the U.S. Presidency?
Eisenhower