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First Ladies
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term for the losing officeholder between Election Day and Inauguration Day
What is lame duck?
100
Outlawed segregation in schools in 1954
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
100
Total number of people in both houses
What is 535?
100
Man-made lake in Garrett County
What is Deep Creek Lake?
100
She eventually went insane following her husband's assassination
Who is Mrs. Lincoln?
200
the most famous of these executive decisions took place in 1974 when Gerald Ford granted one to Richard Nixon
What is a pardon?
200
This controversial decision came in 1973 and the March for Life is aimed at overturning it
What is Roe vs. Wade?
200
Name of the current president of the Senate
Who is Joe Biden?
200
These are shared by Canada and the United States
What is Niagara Falls?
200
She saved George Washington's portrait from the British in 1814
Who is Dolly Madison?
300
Delaying tactic used by the minority party in the Senate
What is a filibuster?
300
Roger Taney was Chief Justice in this 1857 case involving slavery
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford?
300
First female Speaker of the House
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
300
Island owned by Great Britain in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
What is Bermuda?
300
After her husband's death, she married a rich Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s
Who is Jackie Kennedy?
400
the president is put on trial for high crimes and misdemeanors
What is impeachment?
400
First case of judicial review in 1803
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
400
She testified before Congress last week about the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya
Who is Hillary Clinton?
400
He built amusement parks in Florida and California
Who is Walt Disney?
400
She proposed health care reform while First Lady in the 1990s
Who is Hillary Clinton?
500
In an 8-1 Supreme Court decision, the person in the minority would write this type of opinion
What is a dissenting opinion?
500
In June, 2012, this issue was decided in favor of the government with Chief Justice John Roberts casting the deciding vote
What is Obamacare?
500
Clause which gives Congress powers not directly spelled out in the Constitution
What is the elastic clause (or "necessary and proper" clause)?
500
This presidential retreat in Maryland is named for President Eisenhower's grandson
What is Camp David?
500
She died before her husband could take office in 1829; many said she died of a broken heart because of attacks on her character
Who is Rachel Jackson?