US History - Presidents
The first president of the United States of America!
Who is George Washington?
Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?
Illinois
The name of the project that built the first nuclear weapon.
The Manhattan Project.
This is Mr. Evans home town. It is home to the Ravens, Orioles, Crab Cakes, high crime rate, and Edgar Allen Poe.
Where is Baltimore, Maryland?
Pearl River High School was founded in ____, 1968
1. August
2. May
3. June
4. October
August
The third President of the United States of America.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
48 U.S. states are divided into counties. Alaska is instead divided into boroughs. What other state has unique intra-state division by using a system of 64 parishes?
What is Louisiana?
During World War I, German Pilot Mannfred Van Richtophen was an ace with 80 confirmed kills. What was his Nickname?
The Red Baron
Mr. Evans favorite food is ______ wings. These were invented in upstate New York and are typically served with Blue Cheese dressing and spicy red sauce.
What are Buffalo Wings?
Coach Collins is Pearl River's _____ Coach
Football
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Since 1993, _____ has technically been a democracy, but before that government was put in place the country was known by another name, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
What is Russia?
The rallying cry "Remember the Maine" was used to stir up support for the Spanish-American War across the U.S.A. What exactly was the Maine referring to?
A U.S. battleship that blew up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
Mr. Evans coaches this sport at PRHS.
What is wrestling?
Mr. Standridge, Mr. Guido and Mr. Evans all teach _______ History.
U.S. History
This President dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. He was also the 33rd President of the United States, and the last president to not have a college degree.
Who is Harry Truman?
The ____________, which granted women the right to vote in the U.S., was passed more than 40 shameful years after the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled explicitly against early women suffragettes.
Nineteenth Amendment!
Military deaths in World War II: What country suffered the most military deaths in the war?
Mr. Evans' favorite president is....
Harry Truman
Mrs. Larsen is the ______ of Pearl River High School
Principal
Who are Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump?
According to the US Constitution, what is the minimum age requirement to be president of the United States?
35
On August 2nd, 1990, Iraq invaded what country during the first gulf war?
What is Kuwait?
Girlfriend
Shorts may be worn as long as they meet the length requirement: While standing erect with arms extended down, the length of shorts must come to the tip of fingers or below or not more than 5” above the _____.
What is the knee?