Presidents
Wars
Congress
Speeches
Partytime
100
Our largest president
Who is William Howard Taft?
100
Dolley Madison was first lady during this conflict
What is the War of 1812?
100
Speaker of the House known as The Great Compromiser
Who is Henry Clay?
100
Delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic convention.
What is the "Cross of Gold" speech?
100
Calvin Coolidge
What is Republican?
200
He was the target of a failed assassination attempt by Puerto Rican nationalists.
Who is Harry Truman?
200
Abraham Lincoln opposed this war as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
What is the Mexican War?
200
Minimum age to serve in the U.S. Senate
What is 30?
200
In his famous "I have a dream" speech, Martin Luther King expressed the hope his children would be judged by this rather than the color of their skin.
What is "the content of their character"?
200
Woodrow Wilson
What is Democrat?
300
The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
300
It was naively termed "the War to End All Wars."
What is World War I?
300
Branch of Congress that initiates appropriations bills.
What is the House of Representatives?
300
Site of speech given by Barack Obama on relations betwen the U.S. and Muslim countries.
What is Cairo, Egypt?
300
George Washington
What is Federalist?
400
His name at birth was Leslie Lynch King.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
Before the American Revolution, George Washington served in the British colonial army during this conflict.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
The procedure that breaks a Senate filibuster by ending debate and moving to a vote.
What is cloture?
400
What "Checkers" refers to in Nixon's Checkers speech.
What is a dog?
400
Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
What is Bull Moose? (Or Progressive)
500
Under this president, the U.S. invaded Panama to capture Manuel Noriega
Who is George Herbert Walker Bush?
500
War that was associated with the rise of sensationalist media coverage known as "yellow journalism."
What is the Spanish-American War?
500
Section of the U.S. Constitution that spells out the powers and makeup of Congress.
What is Article I?
500
This former president continued to deliver a speech after being shot by a would-be assassin in 1912.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
Abraham Lincoln during his stint in Congress.
What is a Whig?
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