First Ladies
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100
She met her husband, who was the oldest President ever elected, on a movie set where he was an actor.
Who is Nancy Reagan?
100
He was the first President to visit all fifty states and he was the first one to resign (on August 9, 1974).
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
100
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
The stock market panic came just before the Great Depression in 1929 and Amelia Earhart completed the first transatlantic flight by a woman in 1932.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
100
He banned brocolli from the White House.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
200
She was known as "First Lady of the World". World War II began during her husband's Presidency, which spanned the most terms of any U.S. President.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
The first woman senator was appointed in 1922 during this Ohio-born President's term.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
200
"The buck stops here."
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
This general as President when the Korean War ended, and a year later the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation was unconstitu- tional, NASA was started, and Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as the 49th and 50th states respectively.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
The teddy bear was named after this President.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
300
Her maiden name was Rodham, and she is now the United States Secretary of State in Barack Obama's Presidency.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
300
He was the first President to weigh over 300 pounds and he is the only American to have served in the highest executive office and the highest judicial office.
Who is William Howard Taft?
300
A woman sitting next to this President at a White House dinner told him that she had made a bet that she could get him to say more than two words. The President turned to her and said, "You lose."
Who is Calvin Coolidge? "Silent Cal"?
300
The Civil Rights Act was signed into law in 1964 and Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated four years later.
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson?
300
His family had peanut farm in Georgia where he grew up.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
400
Her nickname was "Lady Bird" and she had the same initials as her husband. Her cause was the beautification of America.
Who is "Lady Bird" Johnson?
400
He was one of the first Presidents to realize the importance of conserving wilderness lands and natural resources. He added more than 125 million acres to our national forest system in the first decade of the 1900's.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
In his wish for World War I, he said, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
He became President as a result of Richard Nixon's resignation and the Bicentennial of the United States celebrated 200 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
He talked to the American people in "fireside chats" on radio, as there wasn't any television yet and he was often referred to by his initials (FDR.)
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
500
Her mother-in-law was also a First Lady.
Who is Laura Bush?
500
The first Democratic election in Iraq in more than 50 years took place during his Presidency.
Who is George W. Bush?
500
"This election is about the past versus the future."
Who is Barack Obama?
500
The Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War was signed in 1898.
Who is William McKinley?
500
He played the saxophone on national TV during the 1992 Presidential campaign.
Who is William Jefferson Clintion?
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