Hubert Humphrey - Quiz
Hubert Humphrey
  • 1. What magazine published Humphrey's declaration that the Democratic Party must lead the fight for civil rights?
A) Harper's
B) The Progressive
C) The Nation
D) The Atlantic
  • 2. Which urban boss helped back Humphrey's minority plank at the 1948 convention?
A) Boss Tweed
B) Richard Daley
C) Ed Flynn
D) Frank Hague
  • 3. What was the result of the convention vote on the pro-civil-rights plank?
A) 600 to 550
B) 700 to 500
C) 500 to 400
D) 651 1/2 to 582 1/2
  • 4. Who was the presidential candidate of the Dixiecrat party in 1948?
A) Henry A. Wallace
B) Thomas E. Dewey
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Strom Thurmond
  • 5. What nickname did Humphrey's colleagues and journalists give him?
A) The Great Communicator
B) The Lion of the Senate
C) The Lone Ranger
D) The Happy Warrior
  • 6. When did Humphrey take office as a United States Senator?
A) January 3, 1949
B) November 5, 1949
C) January 1, 1948
D) December 29, 1950
  • 7. Which senator disparaged Humphrey by calling him a 'damn fool'?
A) Richard Russell Jr.
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Joseph H. Ball
D) Paul Douglas
  • 8. Humphrey was the chief Senate sponsor of what 1958 legislation?
A) Civil Rights Act
B) Medicare Act
C) Peace Corps Act
D) Humane Slaughter Act
  • 9. What pharmaceutical-related legislation did Humphrey cosponsor?
A) OTC Regulation Act
B) Prescription Drug Safety Act
C) Durham-Humphrey Amendment
D) Pure Food and Drug Act
  • 10. Which political figure did Humphrey become a protégé of in the Senate?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Harry S. Truman
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Everett Dirksen
  • 11. What was Humphrey's role in the Senate starting in 1961?
A) Minority leader
B) Committee chair
C) Majority whip
D) Majority leader
  • 12. Who was the Republican incumbent that Humphrey defeated in 1948?
A) Joseph H. Ball
B) Thomas E. Dewey
C) Strom Thurmond
D) James M. Shields
  • 13. In what year did Humphrey introduce the first bill to create the Peace Corps?
A) 1961
B) 1955
C) 1957
D) 1960
  • 14. What was the primary goal of the minority plank supported by Humphrey at the 1948 convention?
A) Reducing federal taxes
B) Expanding states' rights
C) Ending the Cold War
D) Aggressive opposition to racial segregation
  • 15. What did President Johnson once call Humphrey?
A) A rising star
B) A minnow
C) A workhorse
D) A whale
  • 16. Which political position did Humphrey hold from 1965 to 1969?
A) 38th vice president of the United States
B) Governor of Minnesota
C) Senate Majority Leader
D) Secretary of State
  • 17. In which state was Hubert Humphrey born?
A) Wisconsin
B) North Dakota
C) South Dakota
D) Minnesota
  • 18. Humphrey helped found which political party in 1944?
A) Liberal Republican Party
B) Green Party
C) Progressive Party
D) Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
  • 19. Which group did Humphrey co-found in 1947?
A) Students for a Democratic Society
B) The Peace Corps
C) Democratic Leadership Council
D) Americans for Democratic Action
  • 20. Humphrey served as mayor of which city from 1945 to 1948?
A) Duluth
B) Minneapolis
C) St. Paul
D) Huron
  • 21. In what year did Humphrey first get elected to the U.S. Senate?
A) 1964
B) 1944
C) 1952
D) 1948
  • 22. What profession did Humphrey hold before becoming a politician?
A) Pharmacist
B) Lawyer
C) Journalist
D) Architect
  • 23. Where did Humphrey earn his pharmacy license?
A) Capitol College of Pharmacy
B) University of Minnesota
C) Macalester College
D) Louisiana State University
  • 24. Who was Humphrey's running mate in the 1968 election?
A) George McGovern
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Edmund Muskie
D) Orville Freeman
  • 25. What product did the Humphreys manufacture for hogs?
A) Humphrey's Sniffles
B) Humphrey's Chest Oil
C) Humphrey's Mineral Salt
D) Humphrey's BTV
  • 26. Which university did Humphrey graduate from magna cum laude?
A) Louisiana State University
B) Macalester College
C) University of Minnesota
D) Harvard University
  • 27. What was the population of Doland, South Dakota, where Humphrey spent most of his youth?
A) About 1,000
B) About 11,000
C) About 5,000
D) About 600
  • 28. Who was Humphrey's teammate on the University of Minnesota debate team?
A) Orville Freeman
B) Richard Nixon
C) Malcolm Moos
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 29. What organization did Humphrey join while working at the University of Minnesota as an instructor?
A) National Education Association
B) American Federation of Teachers
C) Democratic National Committee
D) American Medical Association
  • 30. In the 1972 primaries, Humphrey lost his party's nomination to whom?
A) Edmund Muskie
B) George McGovern
C) Richard Nixon
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 31. Humphrey introduced the first initiative to create which organization?
A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) Peace Corps
C) United Nations
D) Works Progress Administration
  • 32. In what year did Hubert Humphrey begin dating Muriel Buck?
A) 1944
B) 1934
C) 1942
D) 1936
  • 33. How many children did the Humphreys have?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Two
  • 34. Why was Humphrey rejected from the Navy?
A) Double hernia
B) Calcification of the lungs
C) Age requirements
D) Color blindness
  • 35. In what year did Humphrey try to enlist in the Army?
A) 1942
B) 1945
C) 1944
D) 1943
  • 36. What medical condition did Humphrey have that caused him to fail his 1944 Army physical?
A) Vision impairment due to cataracts
B) Heart murmur
C) High blood pressure
D) Double hernia
  • 37. What was the result of Humphrey's first run for mayor of Minneapolis in 1943?
A) He dropped out
B) He lost
C) He won
D) The election was cancelled
  • 38. What percentage of the vote did Humphrey capture in his 1943 mayoral bid?
A) Over 51%
B) Under 40%
C) Exactly 45%
D) Over 47%
  • 39. What was Humphrey's profession after leaving Macalester College in 1944?
A) State legislator
B) Military officer
C) News commentator
D) Lawyer
  • 40. Where did the Humphreys live during most of his years as a U.S. senator and vice president?
A) Arlington, Virginia
B) Washington D.C. proper
C) Chevy Chase, Maryland
D) Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 41. What did Humphrey do to supplement his salary?
A) Invested in real estate
B) Consulted for private corporations
C) Took paid outside speaking engagements
D) Wrote syndicated newspaper columns
  • 42. How long were Hubert and Muriel Humphrey married?
A) 50 years
B) Nearly 42 years
C) 30 years
D) 35 years
  • 43. What percentage of the vote did Hubert Humphrey win in the 1945 Minneapolis mayoral election?
A) 45%
B) 51%
C) 71%
D) 61%
  • 44. Who did Humphrey appoint as the head of the Minneapolis police department?
A) Edwin Ryan
B) Hubert Humphrey
C) Melvin G. Holli
D) Theodore H. White
  • 45. In what year was Humphrey reelected as mayor by the largest margin in city history at that time?
A) 1945
B) 1948
C) 1946
D) 1947
  • 46. What derogatory title was Minneapolis known for during the period before Humphrey's reforms?
A) Crime capital
B) Corruption capital
C) Discrimination capital
D) Antisemitism capital
  • 47. What committee did Humphrey establish to prohibit racial discrimination in the workforce?
A) Americans for Democratic Action
B) Council on Human Relations
C) Labor Union Reform Board
D) Fair Employment Practice Committee
  • 48. Who conducted the 1993 survey that ranked Humphrey as the 28th-best American big-city mayor?
A) Edwin Ryan
B) Americans for Democratic Action
C) Melvin G. Holli
D) Theodore H. White
  • 49. In what year did Hubert Humphrey first run for the Democratic presidential nomination?
A) 1952
B) 1960
C) 1964
D) 1956
  • 50. How many votes did Humphrey receive on the first ballot of the 1952 presidential nomination?
A) 74
B) 26
C) 134
D) 41
  • 51. What primary did Humphrey and Kennedy first compete in during 1960?
A) South Dakota
B) Wisconsin
C) District of Columbia
D) West Virginia
  • 52. To what did Humphrey compare his campaign against the well-funded Kennedy effort?
A) An independent merchant competing against a chain store
B) A small boat against a cruise ship
C) A local farm against a corporate conglomerate
D) A lone soldier against an army
  • 53. Which singer was featured in the Kennedy family's 'High Hopes' commercial?
A) Frank Sinatra
B) Dean Martin
C) Peter Lawford
D) Elvis Presley
  • 54. What religion was Hubert Humphrey?
A) Roman Catholic
B) Baptist
C) Methodist
D) Congregationalist
  • 55. Who served as John F. Kennedy's campaign manager in 1960?
A) Peter Lawford
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
C) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
D) Robert F. Kennedy
  • 56. What percentage of the vote did Kennedy receive in the West Virginia primary?
A) 75.2%
B) 51.5%
C) 45.0%
D) 60.8%
  • 57. How many votes did Humphrey receive at the 1960 Democratic National Convention after leaving the race?
A) 26
B) 134
C) 74
D) 41
  • 58. What event in 1960 influenced Humphrey's belief that he needed to be vice president to eventually become president?
A) The death of a political mentor
B) His resignation from the Senate
C) His defeat in the primaries
D) His election to the Senate
  • 59. Who were the three potential vice-presidential candidates Johnson kept in suspense at the 1964 convention?
A) Thomas Dodd, Eugene McCarthy, and Hubert Humphrey
B) Barry Goldwater, Thomas Dodd, and Hubert Humphrey
C) Lyndon Johnson, Thomas Dodd, and Eugene McCarthy
D) Eugene McCarthy, Walter Jenkins, and Hubert Humphrey
  • 60. What was the refrain Humphrey used to attack Barry Goldwater during his acceptance speech?
A) Goldwater must go!
B) But not Senator Goldwater!
C) Shame on Senator Goldwater!
D) Down with Senator Goldwater!
  • 61. In Santa Fe, what did Humphrey claim the Republican Party was trying to do?
A) Divide America so they may conquer
B) Increase taxes on the poor
C) Reduce the size of the military
D) Create a unified national identity
  • 62. Which scandal was associated with the resignation of Walter Jenkins?
A) An election fraud scandal
B) A security leak scandal
C) A financial bribery scandal
D) A foreign interference scandal
  • 63. Where did Humphrey and Johnson go shortly after the 1964 election?
A) The White House
B) Washington D.C.
C) LBJ ranch
D) The Virgin Islands
  • 64. Who was intended to take over Humphrey's Senate seat after his resignation?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Walter Mondale
D) George Reed
  • 65. What specific U.S. military installation was attacked by the Viet Cong on February 7, 1965?
A) Jakarta
B) Pleiku
C) Saigon
D) Da Nang
  • 66. Which songwriter wrote the satirical song "Whatever Became of Hubert?"
A) Johnny Carson
B) Frank Sinatra
C) Dean Martin
D) Tom Lehrer
  • 67. Which television host was Humphrey a repeated and favorite guest of during his vice presidency?
A) Walter Mondale
B) Tom Lehrer
C) Johnny Carson
D) Dean Martin
  • 68. On November 4, 1967, which country did Humphrey cite as an example of what Vietnam could resemble after a Viet Cong defeat?
A) Indonesia
B) Japan
C) Thailand
D) Malaysia
  • 69. With which leader did Humphrey meet at Merdeka Palace to request mediation in the Vietnam War?
A) Suharto
B) Carson
C) Johnson
D) Oswald
  • 70. Who did Humphrey appoint as the executive director of the President's Council on Equal Opportunity?
A) Lee C. White
B) Nicholas Katzenbach
C) Wiley A. Branton
D) Joseph Califano
  • 71. What was the initial budget of the President's Council on Equal Opportunity as stated by Humphrey?
A) US$1,000,000
B) US$100,000
C) US$289,000
D) US$500,000
  • 72. Which event led Johnson to downsize Humphrey's role in civil rights?
A) The Watts riots
B) Humphrey's European tour
C) The presidential election
D) The passage of a civil rights bill
  • 73. What proposal did Humphrey make in a 1967 Detroit speech to curb poverty and address racial violence?
A) A Great Society update
B) A New Deal
C) A Marshall Plan
D) An urban renewal program
  • 74. Who threw eggs at Humphrey while he was in Florence, Italy, in 1967?
A) Harold Wilson
B) Lee C. White
C) George Christian
D) Giulio Stocchi
  • 75. Which country did Humphrey visit in late-December 1967?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Belgium
D) Africa
  • 76. On what date did President Johnson announce his withdrawal from the 1968 presidential race?
A) June 4
B) April 27
C) February 15
D) March 31
  • 77. How many state primary elections did Hubert Humphrey enter in 1968?
A) Five
B) Zero
C) Seven
D) Thirteen
  • 78. Where were the majority of the antiwar demonstrators located during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
A) The White House
B) The Capitol building
C) International Amphitheatre
D) Grant Park
  • 79. What was the main issue of the 1970 midterm elections according to Humphrey?
A) The Cold War
B) The Vietnam War
C) The economy
D) The Cambodian Campaign
  • 80. In 1970, what event did Solberg write quashed Humphrey's hopes that the war be taken out of political context?
A) The death of Martin Luther King Jr.
B) The resignation of Eugene McCarthy
C) Nixon's Cambodian Campaign
D) The AFL-CIO convention
  • 81. In his concession speech, what did Humphrey say about the democratic process?
A) It is deeply flawed
B) It requires total reform
C) It has worked its will
D) It is controlled by special interests
  • 82. What was the result of the convention's vote on the proposed peace plank?
A) It was amended by the delegates
B) It was rejected
C) It was tabled indefinitely
D) It was passed unanimously
  • 83. What economic philosophy did Humphrey advocate to replace trickle-down policies?
A) Top-down stimulation.
B) Percolate up.
C) Middle-out economics.
D) Bottom-heavy growth.
  • 84. What did Humphrey accuse the Nixon administration of plotting in January 1973?
A) Eliminating a school milk program.
B) Reducing the federal budget for education.
C) Privatizing the national postal service.
D) Cutting funding for rural hospitals.
  • 85. Where did Humphrey deliver his 1972 presidential announcement speech?
A) Philadelphia
B) New Jersey
C) New Hampshire
D) Miami Beach
  • 86. What primary state did Humphrey skip, allowing McGovern to challenge Muskie?
A) Indiana
B) New Hampshire
C) Pennsylvania
D) Ohio
  • 87. Which of these states was won by Humphrey during the 1972 primaries?
A) Florida
B) California
C) New Hampshire
D) Ohio
  • 88. How did Humphrey describe his intended role within the Democratic Party on November 4, 1970?
A) Harmonizer
B) Opposition leader
C) Party whip
D) Primary challenger
  • 89. What was the result of Humphrey's challenge to the California primary delegates?
A) McGovern withdrew from the race
B) The effort failed
C) The credentials were split evenly
D) The effort succeeded
  • 90. Where was the 1972 Democratic National Convention held?
A) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B) Manchester, New Hampshire
C) Miami Beach, Florida
D) Newark, New Jersey
  • 91. On what date did Humphrey say he would not enter the 1976 Democratic presidential primary?
A) April 22, 1974
B) December 12, 1975
C) November 17, 1976
D) April 12, 1976
  • 92. Who was the Chairman of the New Jersey Democratic Party in 1976?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) James P. Dugan
C) Walter Mondale
D) Ted Kennedy
  • 93. Where did Humphrey announce he would not enter the New Jersey primary?
A) Democratic National Convention
B) Senate Caucus Room
C) New Jersey State Capitol
D) The White House
  • 94. Who secured the 1976 Democratic nomination on the first round of balloting?
A) Hubert Humphrey
B) Ted Kennedy
C) Walter Mondale
D) Jimmy Carter
  • 95. What health condition prompted Humphrey to sit out the 1976 race?
A) Severe pneumonia
B) Chronic fatigue
C) Terminal cancer
D) Heart disease
  • 96. When did Humphrey attend a meeting with President-elect Carter regarding government reorganization?
A) April 22, 1974
B) April 29, 1976
C) December 1, 1975
D) November 17, 1976
  • 97. What did Humphrey warn President Carter would occur without an economic stimulus?
A) Soaring health costs
B) A neutron bomb detonation
C) Governmental shutdown
D) High unemployment
  • 98. Who co-authored the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act with Hubert Humphrey in 1974?
A) Augustus Hawkins
B) Jimmy Carter
C) The Federal Reserve Board
D) Robert Byrd
  • 99. On what date did Humphrey reveal he was suffering from terminal bladder cancer?
A) October 23, 1977
B) May 3, 1977
C) August 16, 1977
D) November 3, 1977
  • 100. Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned in Humphrey's 'liberals' mantra' quote?
A) The sick
B) The children
C) The workers
D) The elderly
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