History

Which state did Shay's Rebellion take place?

Massachusetts

How does Madison argue in Federalist #10 that the Constitution will be better equipped to handle factions?

Both that there will be a larger pool to choose representatives from and that there will be a larger pool of potential factions that are harder to unite into a majority

Who wrote the majority of the Federalist papers?

Alexander Hamilton

In which colony were the pilgrims granted a royal charter to settle?

Virginia

What was George Washington's home plantation called?

Mt. Vernon

After the assassination of this president, the Secret Service added presidential protection to their duties.

Abraham Lincoln

Which three presidents have been impeached?

Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump

How many members did Washington's cabinet consist of?

Four: Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and the Attorney General

How many members are in the current cabinet?

Over 15 different members

Why did Congress push the 14th amendment?

Because the newly formed southern state governments were both denying civil rights to freed slaves and heavily populated by ex-Confederates

Brown v. Board of Education was a case that started in which city?

Topeka, Kansas

In which case did Justice William O. Douglas use the phrase "penumbras and emanations" to defend contraception?

Griswold v. Connecticut

Where did Roe v. Wade take place?

Texas

Which Justice argued that abortion is a state matter, not a federal matter?

Samuel Alito

What are the requirements to serve as a member of the House of Representatives?

You must be 25 years old, a citizen for 7 years, and a resident of the state your district is in

Where do tax bills originate?

House of Representatives

Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston

Why were Daniel Shays and the other Massachusetts farmers rebelling in 1786 - 1787?

Because they didn't get paid for their service in the War for Independence

The Antifederalists mostly wrote under which pen name?

Brutus

Who wrote the Federalist papers?

John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison

Which state were the Antifederalists and Federalists mostly writing to?

New York

Where did King John sign the Magna Carta of 1215?

Runnymede

Which copy of the Magna Carta is enshrined at the US National Archives?

1297

Which man traveled on the Mayflower and later served as governor of the colony?

William Bradford

Where did the Pilgrims live for ten years before going to North America?

Leiden, in the Netherlands

Which man said that if, after the Revolutionary War, if Washington were to give up power, he would be the "greatest man in the world."

George III

Name three components of the Executive Branch of the President.

The National Security Council, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of Management and Budget

Where, during which war, did President Nixon keep secret a bombing campaign leading to the War Powers Resolution?

Cambodia, during the Vietnam War

Congress's last formal declaration of war was for which war?

World War II

Where was John F. Kennedy assassinated?

Dallas, Texas

What are the three main powers of the President?

Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Chief Executive of the Executive Branch, and Chief Diplomat of the United States

What is the order of presidential succession?

The order in which the Cabinet members' agencies were created by Congress

Why is the 14th Amendment considered the most important?

It extended constitutional protections against state government actions, not just federal; it is broadly written with wide interpretive latitude for the courts; and it, in effect, restates fundamental American concepts of equality and fairness

To whom did the 15th amendment give the right to vote too?

Black men

Justice Harlan compared Plessy to which infamous case?

Dred Scott

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt attempt to do after his reelection?

Pack the court

Which town did President Eisenhower need to send soldiers into due to resistance to black students going to school?

Little Rock, AR

Which case led to a reading of your rights when you get arrested?

Miranda v. Arizona

Texas v. Johnson gives people the right to do what?

Burn the American flag

What do the cases Bakke, Grutter, and Students for Fair Admissions refer to?

Affirmative action

Who said that the Supreme Court was the least dangerous branch of federal government?

Alexander Hamilton

What was added to the Constitution because of the Antifederalists?

The Bill of Rights

Fill in the blank: "A spectre is haunting Europe. The spectre of ____________"

Communism

Which country in WWI secretly helped Lenin return from exile?

Germany

Who did the Allied Powers give part of the Anatolian Peninsula to that sparked a war of independence?

The Greeks

Who did France favor less than the Druze Christians in Lebanon?

The Muslims in Syria

Fill in the blank: "The ___________ Civil Service, which Britain created, was a vital prerequisite of _____________ independence"

Indian

Fill in the blank: "In 1494 the division was formalized in the Treaty of _______________ under which the Spaniards obtained most of the southern half of the American Continent"

Tordesillas

Fill in the blank: "A comet appeared above ____________ and split into three; the waters of the lake boiled..."

Tenochtitlan

Fill in the blank: "Under the subsequent Treaty of _______________ of 1763, which ended the near global Seven Years War..."

Paris

Fill in the blank: "By 1791 the British in Upper Canada, ___________________, outnumbered the French of lower Canada, Quebec"

Ontario

After WWII, what was Korea divided along?

The 38th parallel

Who led the US and UN forces in the Korean War?

General Douglas MacArthur

What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?

1962

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989

What year did the Korean War take place?

1950

What year did the Communist Takeover of Cuba take place?

1952

Who was Mao Tse-Tung?

Communist leader of China

Who was Ho Chi Minh?

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Who was St. Francis Xavier?

Jesuit missionary to India and Japan

Who was Matteo Ricci?

Jesuit missionary who wrote admiringly of China

Where was Stalin from?

Georgia

Sun Yat-sen was where when the last Qing emperor abdicated?

Colorado

Who assumed leadership of the Kuomintang after Sun's death?

Chian Kai-shek