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100

Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?

The First Amendment 

100

Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?

Andrew Johnson

100

Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Margret Thatcher

100

Which Russian leader was in power during World War II?

Joseph Stalin

100

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Barack Obama

200

Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?

The Fourth Amendment 

200

What was Bill Clinton impeached for in 1998?

Perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Monica Lewinsky scandal 

200

Which famous U.S. Supreme Court Justice was known as the "Notorious RBG"?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

200

Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?

Indira Gandhi

200

Who was the first Secretary of State who was also a woman?

Madeleine Albright

300

Which amendment says that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people?

The Tenth Amendment

300

Which President faced backlash over the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?

John F. Kennedy

300

Who was the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?

Nancy Pelosi

300

Who was the President of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

Fidel Castro

300

Who was the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Sonia Sotomayor 

400

Which founding father is most credited with drafting the Bill of Rights?

James Madison

400

What President’s secret health problems (including polio and later heart failure) were hidden from the public for years?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

400

Which German woman served as Chancellor for 16 years, from 2005 to 2021?

Angela Merkel

400

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev
400

Who was the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Louis Brandeis 

500

How many amendments were originally proposed before Congress approved the final ten?

Twelve 

500

Who was President when the U.S. Supreme Court intervened in a presidential election recount in Florida?

Bill Clinton (2000s election between Bush and Gore)

500

Which Pakistani woman served as the first female Prime Minister of a Muslim-majority country?

Benazir Bhutto

500

Which Ethiopian leader fought against Italian occupation in the 1930s and later became Emperor?

Haile Selassie

500

Who was the first openly gay member of the U.S. Congress?

Barney Frank