Trifling Tidbits of American History

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1. From which U.S. President's daughter's name is it widely believed that the candy bar "Baby Ruth" got its name? Theodore Roosevelt John Tyler Grover Cleveland Rutherford B. Hayes

2. What President broke 'Tecumseh's Curse'? James Garfield Abraham Lincoln John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan

3. Karl Marx once was a correspondent for this U.S. newspaper: New York Tribune New York Times Chicago Tribune Washington Star

4. Who is generally considered the first political cartoonist, responsible for the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey? Thomas Nast Herbert Block Paul Conrad Bernhard Gillam

5. The 'Trail of Tears' refers to the forced exile of which Native American tribe? Dakota Sioux Apache Cheyenne Cherokee

6. Which U.S. President was the first to have a female cabinet member? Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower

7. Who is known as 'The Father of American Public Education'? Henry Barnard Edward L. Thorndike Alexander Bain Horace Mann

8. Which U.S. President, while Governor of Massachusetts, quelled a strike by Boston police officers by calling out the state militia? William Howard Taft Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge William McKinley

9. What American legend was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in various campaigns against the Indians, only to have it revoked in 1917, because he had not been in the military? Buffalo Bill Cody Kit Carson Wild Bill Hickock Wyatt Earp

10. Who was the only U.S. Supreme Court Justice to have been impeached? Samuel Chase Roger Taney Abe Fortas Louis Brandeis