US Presidents
Events
Vocabulary
Historical Figures
Common US Knowledge
250

This president won the election by joining forces with soon-to-be secretary of state.

Who is John Quincy Adams?

250

This period from 1929 to the late 1930's triggered economic downturn, leaving much unemployment.

What is the Great Depression?

250

The term for the division of people based on their skin color.

What is segregation?

250

The veto of the National Bank is mainly attributed to this historical figure.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

250

Number of senators in congress.

What is 100(BONUS: two for every state)?

500

This US President was mostly blamed for the cause of the Panic of 1837.

Who is Martin Van Buren?

500

This period lasting of 1775 to 1783, allowed the United States to gain independence from Great Britain.

What is the Revolutionary War(American Revolution is also acceptable)?

500

This term is derived from giving government jobs to their friends or subsidiaries.

What is the spoils system?

500

This man became the chancellor of Germany, which the US and Germany would go head to head in the second world War.

Who is Hitler(oops...)?

500

Amount of Money paid to napoleon to gain massive land from the Louisiana Purchase.

What is $15,000,000?

750

This US President was responsible for the Treaty of Versailles, which sadly failed due to complications, and the refusal of many countries that fought in World War I.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

750

This event that happened in 1974, forced then President Richard Nixon to resign from office due to accusations against him, and articles of impeachment.

What is the Watergate Scandal?

750

DAILY DOUBLE: (You may bet at least 1 point, up to a max of your points)The banning of the drinking, shipping, or distribution of alcohol throughout the United States is known as this law in the constitution.

What is the 18th amendment?

750

This king from the 1500's created the state of Maryland from a former colony under British rule.

Who is Lord Baltimore?

750

This historical landmark starred Martin Luther King's speech titled, "I have a Dream".

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

1000

These presidents have been assassinated from 1860 to 1963. (MUST GIVE ALL TO GET THE POINTS)

Who is Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, James A. Garfield, and John F. Kennedy?

1000

The resurgence of this white terrorist attack group occurred in the 1920's.

What is the KKK?( BONUS: Ku Klux Klan)

1000

This party, headed by Alexander Hamilton, went defunct in the 1830's due to the lack of presidential candidates from such party.

What is the Federalist Party?

1000

This union army general during the Civil War walked to Atlanta to deploy Scorched Earth tactics to burn anything in his path, decimating the city of Atlanta.

Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?

1000

The minimum age to run for president.

What is 35?

1250

This US President lived up to the development of the atomic bomb, which would nuke everything, and possible force Japan to surrender.

Who is Harry S. Truman?

1250

 BONUS QUESTION: This disaster of 1986, was mainly because of mistakes by unprepared personnel, and from flawed development of soviet reactor design, what happened in Ukraine.

What is the Chernobyl Disaster?

1250

This legend states that any president that runs in any year ending in a zero, would be assassinated or would die in office.

What is the Curse of Tippecanoe?

1250

This accidental president was kicked out of his party due to disagreeing with certain Whig policies, and caused a song to be written about the figure.

Who is John Tyler?

1250
Number of Presidents and Vice Presidents combined in the United States.

What is 92?