CUTPL America 250 Trivia 2026

Presidents

100

This president was the 2nd president of the United States, and the first to live in the White House. His son would later serve as president

John Adams

200

He was the sixteenth president, and helped lead the country through the Civil War with the goal of preserving the Union

Abraham Lincoln

300

This president was the only one to be elected four times, serving the country through the Great Depression and World War 2

Franklin Roosevelt

400

This seventh president led the Army in the Battle of New Orleans, and famously beat an attempted assassin with his two canes nearly to death.

Andrew Jackson

500

This president was the first to hold a movie screening inside the White House in 1915, when he showed the film The Birth of A Nation, a film made by the Ku Klux Klan

Woodrow Wilson

Wars

100

This war was fought from 1775-1783, and gave the United States its independence from Great Britain

Revolutionary War

200

This war was fought from 1861-1865, and ended with Robert E. Lee surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse

Civil War

300

This war was known as the War to End All Wars, and was fought from 1914-1919, with the United States joining in 1917

World War 1 or The Great War

400

This war was fought from 1846-1848, and was started when the United States annexed another country's land

Mexican-American War

500

This war was fought between Great Britain and the United States, and was the only time another country invaded our capital, in which they burned down the White House

The War of 1812

Founding Fathers

100

This founding father was the first secretary of the treasury, and famously had a musical written about him by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Alexander Hamilton

200

This founding father was the General over all the United States armies in the Revolutionary War, and later served as the first president

George Washington

300

This founding father wrote the declaration of Independence, and later served as the third president of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

400

This founding father signed the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature of the document, and his name has become synonymous with the word signature

John Hancock

500

This founding father was by far the oldest, being 70 when he signed the declaration of independence, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States

Benjamin Franklin

States

100

This state was the 50th and most recent admitted to the United States in 1959

Hawaii

200

This state is recognized as the first state because it was the first to ratify the constitution in 1787. 

Delaware

300

This state is the 19th state to be admitted to the union, having done so in 1816

Indiana

400

This state is the namesake of a purchasing of land by Thomas Jefferson from the French in 1803

Louisiana

500

This state is the 14th state, or the first state admitted after the original 13 colonies in 1791

Vermont

Amendments

100

This amendment to the constitution gives the people the right to free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and others

1st Amendment

200

This amendment gave freedom to the enslaved people of the United States after the Civil War

13th Amendment

300

This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920

19th Amendment

400

The 18th amendment started this period in American history where the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol was banned. It would later end with the 21st amendment

Prohibition

500

This amendment, passed in 1912 and ratified in 1913, made it so that the senate was comprised of 2 senators per state, and that their terms would be 6 years

17th Amendment