Very Presidential
The first president of the United States of America?
Who is George Washington?
The Atomic Bomb was dropped on two cities in Japan in 1945
What is World War II?
Citizens of Boston dumped tea in the Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He was the leader of the Modern Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s and 1960s
Who is/was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This amendment grant freedom of religion
What is the 1st Amendment?
He was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is/was Thomas Jefferson?
This war granted America freedom from Great Britain
What is the American Revolution?
Citizens were required to have a stamp on all documents, including playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
He was quoted as saying in one of his speeches, "...by any means necessary". He was a Black Muslim
Who is/was Malcolm X?
This branch of government makes laws
What is the Legislative?
This president's election sparked the US Civil War
Who is/was Abraham Lincoln?
This war is when the Star Spangled Banner was written
What is the War of 1812?
This group desired to stay true to great Britain
Who are the Loyalist?
Women gained the right to vote in the 1920s
What is the 19th Amendment?
This office declares war
What is Congress?
This president was assassinated in 1963
Who is/was John F. Kennedy?
This war was fought between the North and the South in the United States over the issue of slavery in the West
What is the Civil War?
This group desired to break away from Great Britain and start their own country
Who are the patriots?
Water fountains were labeled "white only and colored only". This was an example of
What is segregation?
This office can override the president's veto
What is Congress?
This president was elected 4 times and credited with saving the US economically from the Great Depression
Who is/wasFDR or Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This war ended in a "stalemate" - there was no declared winner, dividing this Asian country into Communist in the North and Democracy in the South. One of the leaders names is Kim.
What is the Korean War or Korean Conflict?
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
Dr. King was quoted as saying, "...one day a man will be judged by the content of his character and not the color of his skin..." in a speech he gave in the Summer of 1963
What is I Have a Dream?
This office can only suggest laws not make them
What is the president?