The Amendments
U.S. Presidents
American Holidays
American Food History
U.S. States History
100

Protects criminal defendants from having to testify if they may incriminate themselves through the testimony.

What is the 5th Amendment?

100

Was the only president unanimously elected.

Who is George Washington?

100

Commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress in 1776, establishing the United States of America.

What is the 4th of July (Independence Day)?

100

The origin of this food in the southern states of America has been traced to precedents in Scottish and West African cuisine. The Scottish cooked there's in fat, and West Africans added different seasonings, and was battered and cooked in palm oil.

What is Fried Chicken?

100

Obtaining Statehood in 1845 becoming the 28th U.S. state. This state is known for creating the American greeting "Howdy!".

What is Texas?

200

Prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption.

What is the 18th Amendment?

200

Served the shortest term in office.

Who is William Henry Harrison?

200

The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions they have made to America's strength, prosperity, and well-being.

What is Labor Day?

200

The modern history of this food starts with the advent of the dairy industry around 1840. Settlers from the eastern seaboard of the United States, as well as from western Europe, recognized the dairying potential of Wisconsin's rich soils and subsequently began to make cheeses.

What are Cheese Curds?

200

Obtaining Statehood in 1787 becoming the 3rd U.S. state. This state is home to the oldest board walk in the U.S.

What is New Jersey?

300

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.  

What is the 7th Admendment?

300

During his presidency, up to one-third of the work force was unemployed.

Who is Herbert Hoover?

300

On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a Bill into law, designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday.

What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day (King Day)?

300

John Harvey Kellogg (of cereal fame) invented a version of this food in 1895. Then it is believed that a St. Louis physician may have developed a version of food as a protein substitute for his older patients who had poor teeth and couldn't chew meat.

What is Peanut Butter?

300

Obtaining Statehood in 1836 becoming the 25th U.S. state. This state is known for its diamond mine. The first diamonds were discovered here in 1906.

What is Arkansas?

400

Stipulates that each elector must cast distinct votes for president and vice president, instead of two votes for president.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

400

The only president to be sworn in by a woman 

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

400

America first called for a national day to celebrate victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga. In 1789, George Washington again called for this day in 1777 to commemorate the end of the Revolutionary War and the ratification of the Constitution.

What is Thanksgiving?

400

Steven Henson, the Nebraska native who created this condiment, invented the now-ubiquitous condiment after moving to Anchorage in 1949 and taking a job as a plumbing contractor in the Alaskan bush.

What is Ranch Dressing?

400

Obtaining Statehood in 1803 becoming the 17th U.S. state. This state was the birthplace of seven U.S. presidents.

What is Ohio?

500

Prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.

What is the 27th Admendment?

500

First president born to immigrant parents.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

500

In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the “birthplace” of this day. There, a ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local Page 2 veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff.

What is Memorial Day?

500

The candy was invented in Taiwan in 1975 and was first imported to the United States in 1993 by The Foreign Candy Company of Hull, Iowa. Impact Confections acquired the brand in 2004. They are currently manufactured and distributed in the United States by Impact Confections and in Australia by Universal Candy.

What are Warheads?

500

Obtaining statehood in 1820 becoming the 23rd state U.S. state. This state is known for its dramatic coastline and beautiful lighthouses. 

What is Maine?