Acronyms
History's Firsts
Conflicts
States
Presidents
100
UN
What is United Nations?
100
City that the 1st portable cell phone call was made in
What is New York City?
100
War in South Africa against British Colonial rule
What is the Zulu War?
100
17th state to join the Union
What is Ohio?
100
1st black U.S. president, and the 44th president.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
IBM
What is International Business Machine?
200
First African-american to play in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
Police officers open fire at South Carolina State College campus
What is the Orangeburg Massacre?
200
Admitted as the 23rd state
What is Maine?
200
Was shot by John W. Hinckey Jr in Washington, D.C.
Who is Ronald Regan?
300
USSS
What is United States Secret Service?
300
1st woman police chief of a major city
Who is Penny Harrington?
300
13 US helicopters are shot down in this country
What is Vietnam?
300
Declared independence from Mexico on Sam Houston's 43rd birthday
What is Texas?
300
The 36th president of the U.S. that did not seek re-election
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
USACR
What is United States Army Corps Reserves?
400
1st female recognized officially as a physician in US History
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
400
War of Independence that began in 1895
What is the Cuban War of Independence
400
The 8th state to secede and passed a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state
What is Virginia?
400
1st president to die in office, a month after being sworn in, at the age of 68
Who is William Henry Harrison?
500
PTFE
What is Polytetrafluroenthylene?
500
1st person of color to serve in the Senate and Congress
Who is Hiram R. Revels?
500
War fought between France and Britain, was brought to an end by the Treaty of Paris
What is French-Indian War?
500
1st U.S. state to abolish slavery
What is Pennsylvania?
500
Cast the 1st presidential veto in 1792
Who is George Washington?
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