Presidential Firsts
He was the first president to send an email.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and created the 36°30' parallel. It said that in the remaining land in the Louisiana Purchase would be split by the 36°30' parallel line. All states created above it would be forced to be free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise/The Compromise of 1820?
This Tony Award-winning musical turned one of the least known founding fathers into a worldwide sensation.
What is Hamilton?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are ____, _______, and ___ _______ __ _________."
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
He was the first president to die in office.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This compromise was a meeting of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton convinced Madison and Jefferson to let the national government take over and pay state debts. Meanwhile, Madison and Jefferson agreed on the United States' new capitol, Washington District of Columbia.
What is the Compromise of 1790?
This Stephen Sondheim musical is named after what all of the characters had in common. Characters included John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Charles Guiteau.
What is Assassins?
This building is located at 200 Constitution Avenue and it's the HQ for a department that was founded much later than some people may have thought, founded by William Howard Taft in 1913.
What is the Frances-Perkins Building/United States Department of Labor?
"The only thing we have to ____, is ____ itself."
What is fear?
He was the first president to serve non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This compromise was a leading cause to the Civil War. It accepted California as a free state, entered California into the Union, banned the African Slave Trade in Washington D.C., determined Texas' borders, and let the territories of New Mexico and Utah vote on whether they wanted to be free or slave states.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
A David McCullough book goes by the same name as this "musical" revolving around The Second Continental Congress and The Signing of The Declaration of Independence.
What is 1776?
This president said "We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it."
Who is Joe Biden?
He was the first left-handed president.
Who is James A. Garfield?
This Broadway musical is about the creation of the Democratic Party and follows the story of one of the worst presidents in United States history.
What is Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson?
This building lays at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, an address commonly mistaken as the White House's address.
What is the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center?
This president said "I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
Who is George H. W. Bush?
He was the first president to put up a Christmas tree in the White House.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
This musical was performed on Broadway just seven times. It was about all of the presidents in office during the 19th Century. The story focused on problems in the White House during this time, including Jefferson's affair with a slave, the Reconstruction Era, and Andrew Johnson's Impeachment.
What is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?