Presidents
This president was the first to be assassinated.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This document stated that “all men are created equal.”
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Confederate leader served as president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The U.S. entered this war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is World War II?
This 1857 case ruled that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This president was elected in 1828 as the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This 1765 act required stamps on legal documents and sparked “no taxation without representation.”
What is the Stamp Act?
This amendment officially abolished slavery nationwide.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This war is famous for trench warfare and the first widespread use of poison gas.
What is World War I?
This 1966 case required police to inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This president died after only 32 days in office and was nicknamed “His Accidency.”
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This 1775 engagement marked the first shots of the Revolutionary War.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This 1861 Confederate attack on a federal fort in South Carolina began the war.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
This conflict was the first U.N. “police action” and ended in an armistice.
What is the Korean War?
This 1919 case created the “clear and present danger” test for free speech.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This president’s administration was rocked by the Teapot Dome scandal involving oil leases.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This 1776 surprise attack after crossing the Delaware River boosted Patriot morale.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This war was triggered by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and featured the Tet Offensive.
What is the Vietnam War?
This 1935 “sick chicken” case struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act as unconstitutional.
What is Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States?
This president was the grandson of the 9th president and won the Electoral College in 1888 while losing the popular vote.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
This 1780 South Carolina battle saw “overmountain men” defeat British Loyalists and turned the tide in the southern campaign.
What is the Battle of Kings Mountain?
This scandal involved fake railroad stock and bribes paid to members of Congress under President Grant.
What is the Crédit Mobilier scandal?
This 1983 U.S. invasion of a Caribbean island was ordered by Reagan to rescue American students and remove a Marxist regime.
What is the invasion of Grenada?
This 2008 case established an individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?