PRESIDENTS
This Founding Father became the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The American colonies fought this country during the Revolutionary War.
What is Great Britain?
This city served as the first permanent capital of the United States under the Constitution.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment gave women the constitutional right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This 1954 case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This war was fought between the Union and Confederacy from 1861–1865.
What is the Civil War?
This state was the first to ratify the Constitution.
What is Delaware?
This president served four terms, making him the only president elected more than twice.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 18th-century document officially declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This case upheld the government's ability to require Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps during WWII.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
The United States entered this war after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.
What is World War II?
This purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This president was the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland or Donald Trump?
This 1920 law enforcement era began after the 18th Amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
What is Prohibition?
This 1973 case established a constitutional right to abortion, which was later overturned in 2022.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This 1814 event resulted in the burning of the White House and other government buildings by British forces.
What is the Burning of Washington?
This 1848 discovery in California helped cause a massive migration westward.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This president never won a presidential election but became president after both the president and vice president were unavailable.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Proposed in 1789 but not ratified until 1992, this is the most recently ratified amendment to the Constitution.
What is the 27th Amendment?
This 1819 case established that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause and strengthened federal authority over the states.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This little-known conflict between the United States and Britain was fought almost entirely over trade restrictions and maritime rights in the early 19th century.
What is the War of 1812?
This state was originally part of Massachusetts before separating and becoming a state in 1820.
What is Maine?