He defeated these two Republican party candidates in the general election to attain and retain the office.
Who are McCain and Romney?
100
Executive Order 13492 authorized suspending all ongoing proceedings of the Guantanamo military commissions and ordering this detention facility to be shut down within the year.
What is Guantanamo Bay?
100
Nominated and obtained confirmation for this first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
100
Obama was the third president to have won a Grammy Award and first to have been awarded two. What are they for?
Best Spoken Word for "Dreams of my Father" (2006) and "The Audacity of Hope" (2008)
100
The Somali pirates
What is kill and capture them?
200
Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden of this state , also took office as Vice President on January 20, 2009.
What is Delaware?
200
Executive Order 13491, banned torture and other coercive techniques, such as this enhanced technique.
What is waterboarding?
200
Appointed her as the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court
Who is Elena Kagan?
200
Michelle Obama undertook her first lead role in an administration-wide initiative, which she named "Let's Move!," to make progress in reversing the 21st century trend of this.
What is childhood obesity?
200
Osama bin Laden
What is order his death?
300
Obama became not just the first African American to be president but also the first to be born __________
What is outside the continental United States? What is Hawaii?
300
On January 28, 2009, Barack Obama won House approval for this act Recovery Act, without a single Republican vote.
What is American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ?
300
67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, is the former U.S. Senator from New York
Who is Hillary Clinton?
300
Obama's signature on the health insurance reform bill, March 23, 2010 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act(ACA) and nicknamed this
What is Obamacare?
300
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning)
What is commute his sentence?
400
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, 17th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Who swore in Barack Obama?
400
Within minutes of taking the oath of office on January 20, Obama's Chief of Staff, _____________,issued an order suspending last-minute regulations and executive orders pushed through by outgoing President George W. Bush
Who is Rahm Emanuel?
400
This person served as Secretary of State for Obama’s second term
Who is John Kerry?
400
The Nobel Peace Prize was Awarded to President Barack Obama in this year
What is 2009?
400
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
What is sign into law?
500
He designed Michelle Obama's Inaugural gown
Who is Jason Wu?
500
The senior advisor served from 2009-2017 and said of the first months "Figuring out what to do to right the economy was step one, but at the same time, world events are happening and we were fighting terrorism, Osama Bin Laden was still alive and…someone said it was like drinking out of a fire hose"
Who is Valerie Jarrett?
500
She served as the 24th United States National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017. She was formerly a U.S. diplomat, and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Who is Susan Elizabeth Rice?
500
The NPR headline "Obama Goes It Alone, Shielding Up To 5 Million Immigrants From Deportation" refers to this action.
What is the executive action Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)?
500
Cuba
What is normalize relations? Opened diplomatic and commercial ties