Quotes
“Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed” (1969);
“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind” (1969)
Neil Armstrong
First woman inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame, in 1987
Aretha Franklin
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
Only President inaugurated in 2 cities (New York City and Philadel- phia); Only President unanimously elected by electoral votes; Only President who did not live in Washington, D.C.; First President to refuse a third term; Only President to die in the 18th century
George Washington
The 4 presidential monuments in the nation’s capital.
Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
“It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor we the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed this Union” (1873)
Susan B. Anthony
First American woman to go into space, in 1983
Sally Ride
Amendment ratified in 1919 and known as the Prohibition Amendment
18th Amendment
First President to win a Pulitzer Prize (for Profiles in Courage); Youngest person ever elected as President (43); Second youngest to become President; First President born in the 20th century (in 1917); First President who was a Roman Catholic; First President to have served in the U.S. Navy; Second President buried in Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
4 words George Washington added after he repeated the presidential oath of office?
“So help me God”
“Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!” (1876)
Alexander Graham Bell
First woman doctor, 1849
Elizabeth Blackwell
Name for those who made, sold, or transported illegal liquor derived from the smugglers’ practice of carrying liquor in the legs of their boots
Bootleggers
Last President to be born in a log cabin; First left-handed President; Second President to be assassinated
James A. Garfield
Which 3 Presidents died on a July 4, two in the same year and one 5 years later?
John Adams (1826), Thomas Jefferson (1826), and James Monroe (1831; Calvin Coolidge was the only President born on a July 4).
“I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . names that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy in the State Department” (1950)
Joseph McCarthy
First woman to appear on U.S. national currency, in 1979
Susan B. Anthony
Chicago gangster nicknamed “Scarface” who was probably the most famous of those who illegally sold liquor
Al Capone
First President to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy; Second President to be a published poet; First former President and third U.S. President to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Jimmy Carter
5 Presidents whose surnames have just 4 letters.
(James K.) Polk, (William H.) Taft, (Gerald) Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.
"I don't know how the third world war will be fought, but I do know that the fourth one will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein
First child born in America, on Roanoke Island in 1587
Virginia Dare
Amendment that repealed this amendment in 1933, making it the only one ever repealed
21st Amendment
First President to be sworn in on an airplane and the first sworn in by a woman; Last President to be sworn in by someone other than the chief justice of the U.S.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The 4 men who assassinated the Presidents.
John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln); Charles Guiteau (James Garfield); Leon Czolgosz (William McKinley); and Lee Harvey Oswald (John Kennedy).