American History Trivia Questions III

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In his acceptance speech as the Democratic presidential nominee, who said, "We stand at the edge of a New Frontier ... the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams"?

       a. John Kennedy
       b. George McGovern
       c. Lyndon Johnson
       d. Jimmy Carter


In 1968, a president's grandson married another president's daughter. Who were the two presidents?

       a. Eisenhower and Nixon
       b. Truman and Kennedy
       c. Johnson and Kennedy
       d. Roosevelt and Truman


What embarrassing details were in the Pentagon Papers that Rand Corporation analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked to the New York Times?

       a. Nixon's links to Watergate
       b. Information about 9/11
       c. A history of US lies about Vietnam
       d. American plans for assassinating Castro


What president used his farewell address to warn America of "unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"?

       a. Franklin Roosevelt
       b. Dwight Eisenhower
       c. Woodrow Wilson
       d. George Washington


Hanged in New York City by the British as a spy, whose last words were probably, "It is the duty of every good officer to obey any order given him by his commander-in-chief," not "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"?

       a. Nathan Hale
       b. Ethan Allan
       c. Thomas Paine
       d. Patrick Henry


What US war ended with a treaty signed in Ghent, Belgium, that pretty much left everything exactly as it had been before the war began?

       a. War of 1812
       b. World War II
       c. World War I
       d. Vietnam War


Found opposite his bust on the nickel, what was the name of the 35-room house that Thomas Jefferson designed for himself?

       a. Monticello
       b. Mount Vernon
       c. Hermitage
       d. Hyde Park


In 1948, "Landslide Lyndon" Johnson won a Senate race in what state by a mere 87 votes, most of which he probably stole?

       a. Florida
       b. Arkansas
       c. Texas
       d. Georgia


In accepting his party's 1964 presidential nomination, who said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"?

       a. Barry Goldwater
       b. Ronald Reagan
       c. Bob Dole
       d. Richard Nixon


Vowing to "end to poverty and racial injustice," Lyndon Johnson launched an expansive liberal agenda. What was that agenda called?

       a. Great Society
       b. New Frontier
       c. New Deal
       d. Square Deal


What future president won a medal for his "courage, endurance and excellent leadership" after PT 109 was sunk by the Amigiri, a Japanese destroyer in the Solomon Islands?

       a. Lyndon Johnson
       b. John Kennedy
       c. George HW Bush
       d. Jimmy Carter


John Connally, who was riding with JFK when he was killed, was also shot in the back. Who was he at the time?

       a. A security guard
       b. The driver
       c. The governor of Texas
       d. The mayor of Dallas


Elected in Illinois, what future US ambassador was the first black woman elected to the Senate?

       a. Carol Moseley-Braun
       b. Barbara Jordan
       c. Shirley Chisholm
       d. Maxine Waters


Treasure hunters like digging up Gardiners Island, at the eastern end of Long Island, looking for which pirate's treasure?

       a. Captain Kidd
       b. Blackbeard
       c. Long John Silver
       d. Captain Hook


Who crushed Barry Goldwater and set a record by winning 61 percent of the votes cast in a presidential election?

       a. Lyndon Johnson
       b. Richard Nixon
       c. John Kennedy
       d. Jimmy Carter




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