Presidents
This man was president during the Civil War and signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln? (10 pushups)
The ocean to the west of California is the _____ Ocean. The ocean to the east of Maine is the _____ Ocean.
What is Pacific and Atlantic? (12 jumping jacks)
This paragraph, sometimes memorized and recited by school children, is the opening paragraph to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble? (12 burpees)
These four military branches have traditionally been the largest and most well-known.
What is the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Marines? (12 mountain climbers)
This president was a general who rode on horseback in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington? (12 sit ups)
This president is credited for drafting the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson? (14 burpees)
The prominent mountain range that runs through Colorado is called ______.
What is the Rocky Mountains? (14 sit ups)
The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution. It is also known as "the first ten _____."
What is "amendments"? (14 mountain climbers)
What is Lexington and Concord? (14 sit ups)
This heroine escaped slavery and then guided other escaped slaves north through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman? (14 jumping jacks)
This president served four terms and presided over the Great Depression era and World War II.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? (16 mountain climbers)
The Alamo is found in this state.
What is Texas? (16 mountain climbers)
The Constitution establishes a republican form of government. What are the three branches of our government?
What is the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch? (16 push ups)
The Army and Navy train highly skilled and disciplined groups of soldiers to undertake special missions. The Army calls their group Army _____, and the Navy calls their group Navy ______.
What is Rangers and Seals? (16 jumping jacks)
This villain was the president of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis? (16 pushups)
This president served two terms from 1981-1989. Before becoming president, he was an actor and governor of California.
Who is Ronald Reagan? (18 sit ups)
The Grand Canyon is in this state.
What is Arizona? (18 burpees)
The Fourth Amendment prevents the government from conducting unreasonable ______ and ______.
What is searches and seizures? (18 jumping jacks)
In 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on an American naval base in Hawaii, leading America to enter World War II. What is the name of the military base that was attacked?
What is Pearl Harbor? (18 pushups)
This Connecticut man was a spy in the Revolutionary War. He was captured and hanged. When asked for his last words, he said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale? (18 burpees)
These four iconic presidents appear on Mount Rushmore.
Who is George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln? (20 jumping jacks)
Mr. Burke is from this state. Its capital is _______.
What is Connecticut? Its capital is Hartford. (20 pushups)
The First Amendment protects five individual freedoms from government encroachment. Those freedoms are _____.
What is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition. (20 sit ups)
On September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. The terrorists that led this attack were from the country of _______ and the man responsible for orchestrating them was named ______.
What is Afghanistan? Who is Osama bin Laden (20 burpees)
This villain was initially an American general in the Revolutionary War before defecting to the British as a spy.
Who is Benedict Arnold? (20 mountain climbers)