Twelve Score and Ten Years Ago
Abraham Lincoln famously began the Gettysburg Address with the phrase "Four score and seven years ago". How many years does this equate to?
87 years
This period includes the rise of modern political conservatism in the 1980s, the end of the Cold War, and the dawn of the digital age.
The Modern Era
Triggered by the Wall Street stock market crash in October 1929, this is considered the longest, most severe economic downturn in modern history.
The Great Depression
This President famously delivered the longest inaugural address in U.S. history (nearly two hours) on a freezing, wet day without wearing an overcoat or hat, leading the pneumonia and his eventual passing.
William Henry Harrison
What does the acronym "smh" stand for?
Shake my head
Who was the only Presdient to not live in the White House?
George Washington
Driven by the ideology of "Manifest Destiny," the U.S. expanded across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. This period saw rapid industrialization in the North, the expansion of the plantation economy and slavery in the South, and the displacement of Indigenous populations. What was this era called?
The Westward Expansion & Reform
This event was a massive transatlantic religious revival that swept through Britain and the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
The Great Awakening
This President died after doctors decided to use leeches as a means to curing his pneumonia, weaking his body to a point that he couldn't fight it on his own.
George Washington
Which tech entrepreneur named his son X Æ A-12?
Elon Musk
Who was the first person to sign the Decleration of Independence?
John Hancock
This era ended due to a combination of devastating economic shocks and the subsequent rise of grassroots and political reform, most commonly referenced to as The Panic of 1893.
The Gilded Age
The United States joined this war after the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram, which revealed a German plot to ally with Mexico against the U.S.
The Great War
This President died after consuming a large amount of iced milk, raw cherries, and cucumber at an Independence Day event, succumbing to acute gastroenteritis five days later.
Zachary Taylor
Name the most popular boy/girl name for 2025.
Liam for boys and Olivia for girls
Before Washington D.C. became the nation's capital, which American city held the title?
New York City
This era saw increased government regulation of business, early women's suffrage, and the U.S. entering World War I. It was followed by the booming, culturally vibrant 1920s.
The Progressive Era
This event is a historical framework that expands the traditional 1865–1877 Reconstruction era to encompass the broader 19th-century process of American nation-building, westward expansion, and the consolidation of federal power from the Mexican-American War in the 1840s to the end of the century.
The Greater Reconstruction
While he survived his gun shot wound, this President later died of an infection due to the lack of sanitation and intense probing of the medical staff that tried to dislodge the bullet.
James Garfield
Aside from Thor, what two Marvel superheroes were able to pick up his hammer, Mjolnir.
Captain America and Vision
There were two Presidents who both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Decleration of Independence. Who were they?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
This period was marked by the displacement of Native Americans, the establishment of the transatlantic slave trade, and the growth of the 13 British colonies.
The Colonial Era
This event saw the mass relocation of six million Black Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970.
The Great Migration
After emphatically opposing the honoring of veterans from the Mexican-American war, this Presdient immediatly collapsed on the floor, dying of a cerebral hemorrage.
John Quincy Adams
Released in 2019 and now boasting over 5 billion streams, what is the most listened to song on Spotify as of 2026.
Blinding Lights by The Weekend