Famous Firsts
This artist’s album Thriller was the first in history to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
Michael Jackson
This philosopher wrote The Republic, one of the earliest works on political theory.
Plato
RATGNEIOTNI
The process of combining or bringing people together, especially across racial lines.
Integration
This Marvel hero becomes the leader of Wakanda, combining politics with superhero duties.
Black Panther
This 21st century President worked as an ice-cream scooper at Baskin-Robbins in the 1970s
Barak Obama
In 1961, this country was the first to put a human in space.
Soviet Union
This concept refers to the idea that government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed.
Social Contract
ROCYHEACT
A system of government where religious leaders rule in the name of a divine authority.
Theocracy
This satirical animated series often critiques U.S. politics with characters like Eric Cartman and Randy Marsh.
South Park
This President had the shortest term in office
William Henry Harrison
In 1903, this sibling duo was the first to achieve flight.
Wright Brothers
This political theory advocates for the absence of a state and voluntary cooperation among individuals.
Anarchism
APTIRLTROAE
A Marxist term for the working class, especially those who sell their labor in a capitalist system.
Proletariat
This hit TV series, created by Shonda Rhimes, follows Olivia Pope, a crisis manager with a team of "fixers" in Washington, D.C.
Scandal
This President was the first to serve nonconsecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
This first African American woman to win an Academy Award did so for her role in Gone with the Wind.
Hattie McDaniel
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels co-authored this influential 1848 pamphlet.
Communist Manifesto
SENGCIUE
A discredited pseudo-scientific belief that controlled breeding could improve the genetic quality of humans.
Eugenics
This Netflix political drama stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as a power-hungry D.C. couple.
House of Cards
This President is known as a lifelong bachelor as he is the only President to never marry
James Buchanan
This woman became the first female U.S. Secretary of State in 1997.
Madeleine Albright
This 20th-century scholar is known for his work A Theory of Justice, introducing the "veil of ignorance.
John Rawls
ZDTUEALIINATNOAR
The process of depriving someone of citizenship, often used as a political punishment or act of repression.
Denaturalization
This dystopian novel, adapted into a hit TV series, explores themes of authoritarianism and control under the Republic of Gilead.
The Handmaid's Tale
This honest President was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1992
Abraham Lincoln