Presidents
Known for his "Fourscore" speech and abolishing slavery, who was our 16th president of the U.S.?
Abraham Lincoln
On October 25, 1945, the United States, along with 50 other nations formed what?
United Nations
Before the Battle of Lexington and Concord, who took a midnight run to warn the militia of the approaching British forces?
Paul Revere
What is the name of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea, and becoming the worst spill in U.S. History?
Deepwater Horizon
In 1919, the 18th Amendment enforced the prohibition of this substance but was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
Alcohol
President William McKinley was assassinated, and this man became the 26th president in 1901.
Theodore Roosevelt
Which President's foreign policy could be summed up by this phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis
A shooting, at what school, took place in Littleton, CO, killing 14 students dead and leaving one teacher, and 23 students wounded?
Columbine High School
Which amendment establishes the beginning and ending of the terms for the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives?
20th Amendment
A former mayor of New York, this politician served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
Grover Cleveland
What was the crisis where 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Iranian college students supporting the Iranian Revolution?
Iran Contra/Hostage Crisis
What is the name of the final conflict between the British and French for control of the eastern part of North America?
French and Indian War
Which military academy opened on July 4, 1802, in New York?
US Military Academy at West Point
Which amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude?
13th Amendment: Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
This man became the 10th president of the United States in 1841, after the death of William Henry Harrison.
John Tyler
In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush declared that the U.S. would wage war against states that develop "weapons of mass destruction" and labeled the following countries: Iran, Iraq and North Korea as what?
Axis of Evil
On March 23, 1983, President Reagan introduced a program that was proposed to protect the United States from ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. What was the program called?
Strategic Defense Initiative- Star Wars
This University is the oldest institute of higher education in the United States and was founded in 1636. (also known as the Duke of the North)
This Amendment to the Constitution allowed Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it to the states on the basis of population.
16th Amendment
President Warren Harding died, and on August 2, 1923, this man became the 30th president of the United States.
Calvin Coolidge
As part of NATO, the United States was a part of placing a no-fly zone over this country on March 19, 2011.
Libya
How long was the Seven Years War?
9 years
Beginning in 1806, President Jefferson approved a military party to go out and explore the areas south and west of the Louisiana Purchase. Who led the journey?
Zebulon Pike, Jr. (Pike Expedition)
This Amendment to the Constitution took 200 years, 7 months and 10 days to ratify.
27th (limits the right of Congress to change its own pay)