A) Harper's B) The Progressive C) The Atlantic D) The Nation
A) Boss Tweed B) Frank Hague C) Ed Flynn D) Richard Daley
A) 700 to 500 B) 500 to 400 C) 651 1/2 to 582 1/2 D) 600 to 550
A) Harry S. Truman B) Thomas E. Dewey C) Strom Thurmond D) Henry A. Wallace
A) The Happy Warrior B) The Great Communicator C) The Lone Ranger D) The Lion of the Senate
A) January 1, 1948 B) January 3, 1949 C) December 29, 1950 D) November 5, 1949
A) Joseph H. Ball B) Richard Russell Jr. C) Paul Douglas D) Lyndon B. Johnson
A) Civil Rights Act B) Humane Slaughter Act C) Peace Corps Act D) Medicare Act
A) Pure Food and Drug Act B) Durham-Humphrey Amendment C) Prescription Drug Safety Act D) OTC Regulation Act
A) John F. Kennedy B) Everett Dirksen C) Lyndon B. Johnson D) Harry S. Truman
A) Majority whip B) Committee chair C) Minority leader D) Majority leader
A) James M. Shields B) Thomas E. Dewey C) Joseph H. Ball D) Strom Thurmond
A) 1957 B) 1960 C) 1961 D) 1955
A) Expanding states' rights B) Aggressive opposition to racial segregation C) Reducing federal taxes D) Ending the Cold War
A) A whale B) A workhorse C) A rising star D) A minnow
A) 38th vice president of the United States B) Governor of Minnesota C) Secretary of State D) Senate Majority Leader
A) North Dakota B) Minnesota C) Wisconsin D) South Dakota
A) Progressive Party B) Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party C) Liberal Republican Party D) Green Party
A) Democratic Leadership Council B) Students for a Democratic Society C) Americans for Democratic Action D) The Peace Corps
A) Duluth B) St. Paul C) Huron D) Minneapolis
A) 1952 B) 1948 C) 1944 D) 1964
A) Lawyer B) Architect C) Journalist D) Pharmacist
A) Capitol College of Pharmacy B) University of Minnesota C) Macalester College D) Louisiana State University
A) George McGovern B) Orville Freeman C) Lyndon B. Johnson D) Edmund Muskie
A) Humphrey's Mineral Salt B) Humphrey's Sniffles C) Humphrey's Chest Oil D) Humphrey's BTV
A) Harvard University B) Macalester College C) Louisiana State University D) University of Minnesota
A) About 5,000 B) About 600 C) About 11,000 D) About 1,000
A) Malcolm Moos B) Lyndon B. Johnson C) Orville Freeman D) Richard Nixon
A) American Federation of Teachers B) American Medical Association C) Democratic National Committee D) National Education Association
A) George McGovern B) Lyndon B. Johnson C) Richard Nixon D) Edmund Muskie
A) Works Progress Administration B) Peace Corps C) Environmental Protection Agency D) United Nations
A) 1944 B) 1936 C) 1934 D) 1942
A) Two B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Color blindness B) Double hernia C) Calcification of the lungs D) Age requirements
A) 1944 B) 1945 C) 1943 D) 1942
A) Double hernia B) Vision impairment due to cataracts C) Heart murmur D) High blood pressure
A) The election was cancelled B) He lost C) He dropped out D) He won
A) Under 40% B) Exactly 45% C) Over 47% D) Over 51%
A) News commentator B) State legislator C) Lawyer D) Military officer
A) Minneapolis, Minnesota B) Arlington, Virginia C) Washington D.C. proper D) Chevy Chase, Maryland
A) Consulted for private corporations B) Took paid outside speaking engagements C) Wrote syndicated newspaper columns D) Invested in real estate
A) Nearly 42 years B) 35 years C) 50 years D) 30 years
A) 71% B) 61% C) 51% D) 45%
A) Hubert Humphrey B) Edwin Ryan C) Melvin G. Holli D) Theodore H. White
A) 1946 B) 1948 C) 1945 D) 1947
A) Discrimination capital B) Crime capital C) Corruption capital D) Antisemitism capital
A) Fair Employment Practice Committee B) Americans for Democratic Action C) Council on Human Relations D) Labor Union Reform Board
A) Americans for Democratic Action B) Melvin G. Holli C) Theodore H. White D) Edwin Ryan
A) 1964 B) 1952 C) 1956 D) 1960
A) 41 B) 134 C) 26 D) 74
A) South Dakota B) District of Columbia C) Wisconsin D) West Virginia
A) A lone soldier against an army B) A small boat against a cruise ship C) A local farm against a corporate conglomerate D) An independent merchant competing against a chain store
A) Frank Sinatra B) Elvis Presley C) Peter Lawford D) Dean Martin
A) Roman Catholic B) Baptist C) Congregationalist D) Methodist
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. B) Robert F. Kennedy C) Peter Lawford D) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
A) 45.0% B) 51.5% C) 60.8% D) 75.2%
A) 26 B) 134 C) 74 D) 41
A) His election to the Senate B) His defeat in the primaries C) His resignation from the Senate D) The death of a political mentor
A) Thomas Dodd, Eugene McCarthy, and Hubert Humphrey B) Lyndon Johnson, Thomas Dodd, and Eugene McCarthy C) Barry Goldwater, Thomas Dodd, and Hubert Humphrey D) Eugene McCarthy, Walter Jenkins, and Hubert Humphrey
A) Down with Senator Goldwater! B) But not Senator Goldwater! C) Shame on Senator Goldwater! D) Goldwater must go!
A) Increase taxes on the poor B) Create a unified national identity C) Divide America so they may conquer D) Reduce the size of the military
A) A foreign interference scandal B) An election fraud scandal C) A financial bribery scandal D) A security leak scandal
A) The White House B) LBJ ranch C) The Virgin Islands D) Washington D.C.
A) Walter Mondale B) John F. Kennedy C) Lyndon B. Johnson D) George Reed
A) Da Nang B) Jakarta C) Pleiku D) Saigon
A) Frank Sinatra B) Tom Lehrer C) Dean Martin D) Johnny Carson
A) Johnny Carson B) Walter Mondale C) Dean Martin D) Tom Lehrer
A) Japan B) Thailand C) Malaysia D) Indonesia
A) Suharto B) Johnson C) Carson D) Oswald
A) Joseph Califano B) Lee C. White C) Nicholas Katzenbach D) Wiley A. Branton
A) US$500,000 B) US$289,000 C) US$100,000 D) US$1,000,000
A) Humphrey's European tour B) The passage of a civil rights bill C) The presidential election D) The Watts riots
A) An urban renewal program B) A Great Society update C) A New Deal D) A Marshall Plan
A) George Christian B) Harold Wilson C) Giulio Stocchi D) Lee C. White
A) Africa B) Japan C) Belgium D) Italy
A) April 27 B) February 15 C) March 31 D) June 4
A) Seven B) Five C) Zero D) Thirteen
A) International Amphitheatre B) The Capitol building C) Grant Park D) The White House
A) The Vietnam War B) The economy C) The Cambodian Campaign D) The Cold War
A) The death of Martin Luther King Jr. B) Nixon's Cambodian Campaign C) The resignation of Eugene McCarthy D) The AFL-CIO convention
A) It is deeply flawed B) It is controlled by special interests C) It has worked its will D) It requires total reform
A) It was rejected B) It was tabled indefinitely C) It was passed unanimously D) It was amended by the delegates
A) Top-down stimulation. B) Bottom-heavy growth. C) Middle-out economics. D) Percolate up.
A) Privatizing the national postal service. B) Eliminating a school milk program. C) Reducing the federal budget for education. D) Cutting funding for rural hospitals.
A) New Hampshire B) Philadelphia C) Miami Beach D) New Jersey
A) Ohio B) New Hampshire C) Pennsylvania D) Indiana
A) Florida B) Ohio C) California D) New Hampshire
A) Harmonizer B) Primary challenger C) Opposition leader D) Party whip
A) McGovern withdrew from the race B) The effort succeeded C) The credentials were split evenly D) The effort failed
A) Miami Beach, Florida B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania C) Manchester, New Hampshire D) Newark, New Jersey
A) April 12, 1976 B) December 12, 1975 C) November 17, 1976 D) April 22, 1974
A) Walter Mondale B) Ted Kennedy C) Jimmy Carter D) James P. Dugan
A) The White House B) New Jersey State Capitol C) Senate Caucus Room D) Democratic National Convention
A) Jimmy Carter B) Ted Kennedy C) Hubert Humphrey D) Walter Mondale
A) Chronic fatigue B) Heart disease C) Terminal cancer D) Severe pneumonia
A) April 29, 1976 B) April 22, 1974 C) November 17, 1976 D) December 1, 1975
A) High unemployment B) A neutron bomb detonation C) Governmental shutdown D) Soaring health costs
A) Jimmy Carter B) Augustus Hawkins C) The Federal Reserve Board D) Robert Byrd
A) August 16, 1977 B) May 3, 1977 C) October 23, 1977 D) November 3, 1977
A) The children B) The workers C) The elderly D) The sick |