US Presidents
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Cold War History
400

He is the only US president to serve more than two terms in office.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

400

This is the only US state that is made up entirely of islands.

What is Hawaii?

400

This 1954 landmark case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

This policy was created to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.

What is Containment?

800

Teddy Roosevelt belonged to this progressive, third-party political movement during the election of 1912.

What is the Bull Moose Party (or Progressive Party)?

800

This US state is home to the geographic center of the contiguous United States.

What is Kansas (specifically near Lebanon, KS)?

800

This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review in the United States.

What is Marbury v. Madison?

800

This 1962 confrontation between the US and the USSR is considered the closest the world came to nuclear war.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1200

He was the only US President to be elected to office without representing a political party.

Who is George Washington?

1200

Purchased from France in 1803, this territory cost the United States approximately $15 million.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

1200

This 1966 case ruled that detained criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney.

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

1200

This military alliance was formed in 1949 by Western nations to counter Soviet aggression.

What is NATO?

1600

This President’s administration was defined by the "Teapot Dome" bribery scandal of the 1920s.

Who is Warren G. Harding?

1600

This is the tallest mountain peak in the United States, located in Alaska.

What is Denali (formerly Mount McKinley)?

1600

This 1857 case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.

What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?

1600

This US program provided massive economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.

What is the Marshall Plan?

2000

He was the first US president to be impeached, occurring in 1868.

Who is Andrew Johnson?

2000

This state contains the most national parks of any state in the US, boasting nine total.

What is California?

2000

This 1973 case legalized abortion nationwide.

What is Roe v. Wade?

2000

This leader of the Soviet Union met with multiple US Presidents, most notably John F. Kennedy.

Who is Nikita Khrushchev?