1750-1800
*Daily Double!*
Name the 5 Committee of 5 Members appointed June 11th of 1776
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman
What Supreme Court Case Established Judicial Review on February 24th, 1803?
Marbury v. Madison
Abolitionist John Brown dies in a raid on which town in 1859 in a prelude to the American Civl War?
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (West Virginia Acceptable)
Which US President who grew up in the Confederacy and authorized the official widespread practice of Racial Segregation in the Federal Government became the first president to screen a movie film at the White House, based on a play titled “The Klansmen, A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan”?
Woodrow Wilson
This Democratic President accomplished all of the following:
1- Establishing the Peace Corps
2- Special Military Alliance with Israel
3- Federal Minimum Wage of 1.25 Per Hour
4- Manpower Development and Training Act
5- Community Mental Health Act
6- Reduced Taxes on both Individuals and Businesses
7- Proposed Education Funding and Hospitalization Coverage for the Elderly (though both failed)
8- 5.5% GDP Growth, 1% Inflation, Unemployment Reduction and 15% Increase in Industrial Production
9- Equal Pay Act ensuring equal pay for equal work regardless of Gender
10- Expanded Federal School Lunch Program for children in need and Piloted a Food Stamps programAmong other accomplishments
John F. Kennedy
What date did the British surrender at Yorktown, effectively ending the last major battle of the American Revolution?
October 19th, 1781
When was the White House burned? (Year Acceptable)
August 24th, 1814
What date did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
January 1st of 1863
(Half Credit for the Year)
The Underwood-Simmons act signed by President Woodrow Wilson did what?
Established first national permanent Income Tax (and reduced Tariff rates).
This is the one Republican President who Conservative Commentator Ben Shapiro puts in his F Tier of Worst US Presidents in American History for among other reasons “pursuing the rise of China as a Global Power in South East Asia.”
Richard Nixon
John Jay held which two positions simultaneously in October of 1789 through March of 1790?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Acting Secretary of State
This 1819 Supreme Court Court Case gives the Federal Government certain “Implied Powers”?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Who were the 2 main subjects of the Netflix series Death by Lightning?
President James A. Garfield and his Assassin Charles Guiteau
President Woodrow Wilson campaigned in 1915-1916 on keeping the United States out of World War 1, but used the sinking of this ship on May 7th of 1915 as a major reason to declare War on Germany on April 4th 1917, one month after his 2nd Inauguration on March 4th of 1917?
Lusitania
This Republican President oversaw the expansion of New Deal policies including Social Security, created NASA, did not fully embrace Brown v. Board but still enforced it’s ruling, appointed many business leaders to key positions including the CEO of General Motors to oversee the Department of Defense, as well as a high ranking member in the Church of Latter Day Saints as the Secretary of Agriculture, pushed for a Marginal Tax Rate of 91%, one of the highest in US History, vetoed over 100 bills including Education Funding and ensuring that Federal Assistance went to the Poor, supported low income housing, authorized the Mass Deportation of over 1.3 Million Illegals in California at the request of the state, and refused to support Emmitt Till and his family after a widely publicized Lynching Case, including saying that Brown v. Board would set back the South 15 Years and that Southern Whites who opposed Civil Rights were “not bad people” which resulted in over 80% of blacks being disenfranchised during his Presidency.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What night did Washington cross the Delaware?
December 25th, 1776
This outspoken defender of American Slavery and opposer of high tariffs was the first of 2 Vice Presidents to resign from Office?
John C. Calhoun
This book written in 1852 sold over 300,000 copies in its first year?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Half credit for Author)
Which Republican from New York occupied all of the following positions during his lifetime?
Governor of New York
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Judge of the “Permanent Court of International Justice”
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Republican Nominee/Candidate for President
Charles Evans Hughes
This President was made aware of a “Final Solution” like Mass Genocide plan that resulted in over 800,000 people being murdered in the streets in public, but continued intentionally burying information to justify inaction and refusing to call it a Genocide, due to the region’s “lack of strategic value”?
Bill Clinton
The battle of Monongahela saw this British General killed, leading to the start of the legend of George Washington?
General Edward Braddock
What year was the Amendment providing the Procedure for Electing the President and Vice President Proposed?
1803
If said 1804 for signed, that shall be counted as correct.
*Double Jeopardy!*
You choose the question!
Question 1- What did Ulysses S. Grant do on March 1st of 1872
Question 2- Which New York Politician faced 2 trials in 1873, resulting in a conviction on 204/220 counts, leading to what was initially a 12 Year Prison Sentence?
1- Established Yellowstone National Park as the 1st National Park of the United States
2- William Boss Tweed
+1000 instead of 500 if Both Correct
This Republican US President accomplished all of the following:
US Citizenship for All Native Americans
Washington Naval Treaty (5 Powers Treaty) to limit a Naval Arms Race
Reduce the Federal Income Tax so that only the Top 2% had to pay.
Eliminated 1/4 of the Federal/National Debt
Millions of people left the KKK and a sharp decline of lynchings of black people took place, along with 0 confirmed appointments of KKK supporters
Among other notable actions.
Calvin Coolidge
Who was the Chief Justice for Brown v. Board in 1954 which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by a Unanimous Decision?
Earl Warren