US States/Capitals
What is the state capital of Wisconsin?
Madison
What president served during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt or FDR (16 years as president/died in office)
What document resulted in the split from the United Kingdom, prior to the American Revolution?
Declaration of Independence
Right to religion, free speech, assembly, petition, press, petition
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Unicorn
Illinois (Des Plaines-1955)
Which president was the only one to NOT live in the White House?
George Washington
What type of warfare was used in both the Civil War and World War I?
Trench warfare
What date is the presidential election?
November 4
What US island threatened to become it's own country? (Hint: it still goes by this nickname today)
Key West or the Conch Republic
What state produces 25% of all US oil?
Alaska
List the three presidents on Mount Rushmore.
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
What was one of the main causes of the Civil War?
Slavery
other causes: sectionalism, election of Lincoln, state's rights
What Supreme Court case integrated schools (no racial separation)?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What US state had a nuclear weapon dropped on it by the US Airforce (hint: there is a North/South of this state)
South Carolina
What invention calls Milwaukee home?
typewriter
Guess Mrs. Rivas' favorite president.
Theodore Roosevelt
(this answer needs no explanation; TR was a boss)
What two cities were nuclear weapons detonated to end WWII in the Pacific? (partial points if you list one city)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is it called when a president denies a bill that has passed through Congress?
Veto
What US company had the 6th largest navy in the world during the Cold War?
Pepsi- Soviet Union could not afford to pay Pepsi for products; opted to give a rusting naval fleet as payment- resulted in the 6th largest navy at the time
What state is home to the geographical center of the United States?
Kansas
What US President was rumored to have gotten stuck in a bathtub during his presidency?
William Howard Taft; just a myth, but he did have a tub installed big enough for four adult people
Who was the first female millionaire in the United States? (hint: she has a pretty fancy name)
Madam C.J Walker- African American hair and makeup products
How many electoral votes does Wisconsin have?
10
What WWI leader is currently preserved and on display in the Red Square?
Vladimir Lenin