The Founders
Our first president, who was known by his nickname, "The General".
George Washington
On April 15th, 1865, this president became the first to be assassinated.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Our 26th president, he championed policies like the "Square Deal" and established our National Parks. The teddy bear is also named after him.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Before he was president, he formed and led the Rough Riders, a cavalry unit that fought the Spanish Army in Cuba to great publicity.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
She was our FIRST first lady.
This founding father, who invented the bifocals and daylight savings time, was never the president of the United States of America.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Future president Ulysses S. Grant was a general in the Union Army, leading us to victory in what American war?
What is the Civil War?
He was our president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was tragically assassinated on November 22nd, 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This peanut farmer from Georgia dedicated his post-presidential life to projects like Habitat for Humanity.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This first lady is a fashion icon, famous for her work restoring and preserving the White House.
Who is Jackie Kennedy?
This founding father was Thomas Jefferson's vice president, but his political career was ruined when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
The son of our second president John Adams, our sixth president was distinguished by his middle name.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This president is better known by his nickname "Ike".
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died hours apart from one another on this date in 1826, a day that marks American independence.
What is the 4th of July?
This president, nicknamed "Old Tippecanoe", is our shortest serving president. He died in office after only a month.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
Built during the Great Depression, a dam on the border between Nevada and Arizona bears this president's name.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
In 1960, this future president participated in the first televised presidential debate against John F. Kennedy. He lost that presidential race, but later won the presidency in 1968.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Claudia, the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, was better known by this nickname.
Who is Lady Bird?
Thomas Jefferson made this famous purchase of a patch of the continent from France, which included the land of future states such as Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, and South Dakota.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The first president to be impeached (though not removed), he was responsible for the Trail of Tears and the expanded use of presidential veto power.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This president authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This president became interested in oil painting after watching the creation of his wife Mamie's portrait. He took up the hobby himself and painted 260 oils during the last 20 years of his life.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
After her time as first lady, she was chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and was instrumental in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?