Presidents' ticks
Where in the States
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
It's a Party
What is it good for?
200
Only one to serve two terms non-consecutively
Who is Grover Cleveland?
200
Columbus is the state capital and largest city.
What is Ohio?
200
First of it's kind, paper money was first used by this country.
What is China?
200
This president narrowly clinched his party' nomination for reelection.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
200
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania were the land area duel involving English and French Colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
Also served as a Supreme Court Justice
William H. Taft
400
The last of the 13 colonies to become a state, it covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles.
What is Rhode Island?
400
Goods relating on roads, railroads, airports, ports, etc
What is Economic Infrastructure?
400
The judiciary branch was considered the least dangerous branch by this person.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
400
The negative portrayal of Cubans in the newspapers, may be greatly contributed to a domestic rivalry between Pulitzer and Hearst. Never the less, this domestic competition stirred up public opinion over this war.
What is the Spanish American War?
600
The number of Presidents who were awarded a Noble Peace Prize
What is 4?
600
This state its name from a Spanish word meaning snow-clad.
What is Nevada?
600
Illinois is the home to this institution, known as the most expensive college/university in the U.S.
What is the University of Chicago?
$81,531/year in tuition.
600
This president permanently changed his office by introducing sweeping federal welfare programs to address poverty and unemployment.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
600
The remote area of Kashmir was once fought over for national (Pakistan v. India) and religious (Hinduism v. Islam) reasons.
What is Kargil?
800
Refused to eat broccoli in public
Who is George H. W. Bush
800
What is Tennessee?
800
The number of countries that do not have coins as a currency.
10:
1. Belarus
2. Cambodia
3. Congo, Dem. Rep.
4. Guinea*
5. Iraq
6. Laos
7. Somalia
8. Vietnam*
9. Zambia
10. Zimbabwe**
* Coins are in circulation but are very rarely used.
** Zimbabwe used only paper money until 2009 when external currencies, such as the US dollar or South African rand, replaced the Zimbabwe dollar.
800
Of the 5 countries who have veto power in the UN Security Council, this country has issued the most vetoes, usually defending it's ally Israel since 1970.
What is the Unite States?
800
An instance when terrorism "worked"; even though this country won the Battle of Algiers, Algeria won independence back from them in 1962 after successful guerrilla warfare.
What is France.
1000
The only president to resign from office
Who is Richard Nixon?
1000
The only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.
What is Nebraska?
1000
World's largest exporting country, China, has been suspected of this: artificially weakening their currency
?What is Currency Manipulation?
1000
In Canada, these people are appointed. In the U.S., they are elected to a 6 years term.
What are Senators?
1000
Examples of tax laws passed by British Parliament viewed as threats to liberties.
What are the Stamp, Sugar, and Townshend Acts?