Judicial
Executive
Legislative
American History
Music/Culture
100

This Judicial Branch consists of Nine Justices with one Chief Justice

Who is the Supreme Court?

100

This federal agency in the executive branch is in charge of investigation and policing

What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

100

This 100 person Legislative group is one of the two branches of Congress

What is the Senate?

100

The U.S. gained independence in this year

What is 1776?

100

This White House intern had a famous affair with Bill Clinton

Who is Monica Lewinsky?

200

This 1954 ruling ended segregation in public schooling and declared it must occur at "all deliberate speed" 

What is Brown v. Board of Education

200

This agency in the Executive Branch is in charge of tax collecting

What is the Internal Revenue Service?

200

Which legislative group is in charge of electing the President

Who is the Electoral College?

200
This terrorist attack, the most deadly attack on American soil, happened in New York in 2001

What is 9/11?

200

This historical event occurred when operatives linked to Richard Nixon attempted to bug and steal files from the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.

What is Watergate?

300

This famous case out of Tennessee originally declared that evolution could be taught in public schools

What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?

300

This Federal agency is in charge of securing the border, enforcing immigration laws, and provides aviation and transportation security.

What is the Department of Homeland Security?

300

This historical U.S. building is used to store past and present legislative information to aid Congress in making decisions

What is the Library of Congress?

300

This U.S. President and founding father defended British Royal Troops in court after they murdered 5 men at the Boston Massacre

Who is John Adams?

300

This music genre, invented in the U.S. and popularized by the Black community in the early 20th century, is massively influential to modern music

What is Jazz?

400

This Christian denomination makes up 7 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices

What is Catholicism?
400

This federal building in Arlington, VA houses the Department of Defense

What is the Pentagon?

400
It requires this many votes for the House of Representatives to pass legislation
What is 218?
400

These years marked the legal success of the Civil Rights movement, with the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts being passed in quick succession

What are 1964 and 1965?

400

This American metal band performed in front of over 1 million people in Moscow 3 months before the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Who is Metallica?

500

This discretionary order gives higher courts the power to call up a case from a lower court, often used by the Supreme Court to hear cases without going through the entire Judicial Branch

What is the writ of certiorari?

500
This 25 person group is comprised of the President, Vice President, and their closest advisors

What is the Presidential Cabinet?

500

This senator filibustered for over 24 hours in opposition to Civil Rights legislation

Who is Strom Thurmond?
500

These acts, passed by John Adams during his Presidency, made it illegal to speak out against the U.S. Government, made citizenship harder to access, and allowed for the deportation of people deemed "dangerous to the American Government"

What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?

500

This famous folk musician faced Contempt of Congress by defying the House Un-American Activities Committee and was prosecuted for his political views

Who is Pete Seeger?