Loaded Questions 2/20/23 - American History
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Happy Monday, and happy President’s Day, I guess! I didn’t get the day off, so so much for this federal holiday. Thought it would make sense to have 11 presidentially-tangential questions for the holiday. If you need to hear more questions to prep you through LL, subscribe today and get 11 more questions every single day!
1. What ten-word question did Ronald Reagan famously ask during a debate in the 1980 election?
2. What alumnus of the Ohio Gang and served as the campaign manager for Warren G. Harding in the 1920 campaign and his onetime Postmaster General served as the Chairman of the organization that preceded the MPAA, and is best known for his namesake code that served as a moralistic guideline governing films?
3. Named after the Secretary of State under Monroe and an offical ambassador for Ferdinand VII, what 1819 treaty also called the Transcontinental Treaty ceded Florida from Spain to the US?
4. Which US president is attributed with the quote "America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God--and I don't care what it is"?
5. Other than Democratic and Republican, what three other political parties are recognized by the Federal Election Commission?
6. Occurring one week after the Battle of Trenton, what January 1777 battle and George Washington victory led to the expulsion of the British from New Jersey? Charles Wilson Peale painted an artwork of Washington at this battle.
7. In 1919, Calvin Coolidge declared "there is no right to strike against the public safety" regarding a strike in what city of what work force?
8. LBJ chose what economist to lead the newly formed HUD in 1966, making him the first African-American Cabinet member?
9. What Virginian served as the Attorney General under Monroe and John Quincy Adams, was the first candidate in the Anti-Masonic Party, and represented the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia?
10. What was the main topic and focus of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
11. On November 29th, 1961, the Kennedy White House released a letter of resignation by what man, essentially dismissed after the Bay of Pigs invasion?
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1. What ten-word question did Ronald Reagan famously ask during a debate in the 1980 election?
Are you better off than you were four years ago?
2. What alumnus of the Ohio Gang and served as the campaign manager for Warren G. Harding in the 1920 campaign and his onetime Postmaster General served as the Chairman of the organization that preceded the MPAA, and is best known for his namesake code that served as a moralistic guideline governing films?
Will Hays
3. Named after the Secretary of State under Monroe and an offical ambassador for Ferdinand VII, what 1819 treaty also called the Transcontinental Treaty ceded Florida from Spain to the US?
Adams-Onis Treaty
4. Which US president is attributed with the quote "America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God--and I don't care what it is"?
Dwight Eisenhower
5. Other than Democratic and Republican, what three other political parties are recognized by the Federal Election Commission?
Constitution, Green, Libertarian
6. Occurring one week after the Battle of Trenton, what January 1777 battle and George Washington victory led to the expulsion of the British from New Jersey? Charles Wilson Peale painted an artwork of Washington at this battle.
Battle of Princeton
7. In 1919, Calvin Coolidge declared "there is no right to strike against the public safety" regarding a strike in what city of what work force?
Boston police
8. LBJ chose what economist to lead the newly formed HUD in 1966, making him the first African-American Cabinet member?
Robert Weaver
9. What Virginian served as the Attorney General under Monroe and John Quincy Adams, was the first candidate in the Anti-Masonic Party, and represented the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia?
William Wirt
10. What was the main topic and focus of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Slavery
11. On November 29th, 1961, the Kennedy White House released a letter of resignation by what man, essentially dismissed after the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Allen Dulles, CIA Director