He contracted this paralytic disease and was confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life
What is Polio?
100
As one of his first acts as President, he asked Congress to create this program where Americans volunteer to help underdeveloped nations
What is the Peace Corps?
100
These two materials were used to make George Washington's set of false teeth
What is hippopotamus and elephant ivory?
200
Conflict in which he was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
What is the Revolutionary War?
200
He issued this decree, which freed slaves in territories not already under Union control
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
He was elected to his first term as President during this era of national crisis
What is the Great Depression?
200
These two events involving Cuba took place early in JFK's presidency
What are the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
The only president to be elected to more than two terms
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
The session when he was elected commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
The speech where he opens with "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"
What is the Gettysburg Address?
300
His third term was characterized by the United States' participation in this global conflict
What is World War II?
300
Although many conspiracy theories exist, it is ultimately this man who assassinated JFK
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
300
This University has the most Presidents as alumni- 8 total
What is Harvard University?
400
He surprised and captured this group of soldiers when he crossed the Delaware River on Christmas 1776
Who are the Hessians?
400
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
The most popular of all New Deal agencies, and Roosevelt's favorite, this group hired 250,000 unemployed young men to work on rural local projects
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
400
The President promised to complete this seemingly impossible goal by the end of the decade (1960s)
What is put a man on the moon?
400
This many Presidents never attended college.
What is 9?
500
He warned against these three things during his farewell address. The United States does not seem to have heeded this warning.
What is partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars
500
He won the presidential election two times running as this party's candidate
What is the Republican party?
500
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" came from this speech
What is his first Inaugural Address?
500
Group established by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate JFK's assassination
What is the Warren Commission?
500
This president's coffin has been moved 17 times and opened 6 times.