Presidents of the United States of America
First President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
"The First State" admitted to the Union.
What is Delaware?
A Founding Father of the United States, this figure is known for inventing, among other things, the lightning rod, bifocals, libraries, and fire departments.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
On March 5, 1770, this event resulted in five dead Bostonians, including one of the ringleaders, Crispus Attucks, a formerly enslaved man turned free dockworker.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Also known as Douyin in China, this short-form video hosting service is currently blocked on TAMIU devices and WiFi.
What is TikTok?
The Union won the Civil War and abolished slavery (except as a punishment for crime) under this president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This state was a Mexican territory then an independent Republic before the United States annexed it in 1845.
What is Texas?
The secretary of the treasury under George Washington, the mind behind the "whiskey tax," and the subject of a popular musical.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This event named after a popular liquor had shown that the federal government was capable of quelling internal unrest. But it also demonstrated that some citizens, especially poor westerners, viewed it as their enemy.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This superhero group has fought Loki, Thanos, and Ultron in some of the world's highest-grossing films.
Who are the Avengers?
The Louisiana Purchase occurred under this man's presidency.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This state launched the United States' first long-distance rail line.
What is Maryland?
This figure wrote Narrative of the Life of _____, which launched his career as an advocate for the enslaved and raised the visibility of Black politics. He was also a friend of radical abolitionist John Brown.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This American victory came after the United States and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Nintendo's best-selling franchise.
What is Super Mario?
Promoted the westward expansion of the United States through the Mexican-American War in 1846.
Who is James K. Polk?
This state is home to the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
What is Virginia?
Failed actor and Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
Who is James Wilkes Booth?
The first women's rights convention.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
The desert planet Arrakis is the only known source of the spice melange in this science fiction media franchise.
What is Dune?
Signed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36-30 parallel.
Who is James Monroe?
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
Prepared the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
An attack led by John Brown on a federal weapons arsenal in present-day West Virginia which was meant to be the start of a revolt of enslaved people.
What is John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry?
Arguably the first rock and roll song.
What is Rocket 88?