Early 20th Century U.S.

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1. This Native American served as Vice President of the United States. Who was it? Charles Gates Dawes Charles Warren Fairbanks Thomas Riley Marshall Charles Curtis

2. This diminutive general won the Medal of Honor and declared martial law during the Great San Francisco earthquake. He is the most famous U.S. general that you have probably never heard of. John J Pershing Samuel Curtis Fredrick Funston James Forsythe

3. Who was the first Presidential Cabinet member to go to jail. (Think tea pot). John W. Davis Charles Forbes Albert B. Fall Harry Daugherty

4. What treaty resulting from the 1921 Washington Conference was the first large scale attempt to limit the size of the world’s navies? Four-Power Treaty Five-Power Treaty Naval Power Treaty Kellogg-Briand Treaty

5. President Herbert Hoover’s attempt to deal with the great depression was to loan money to banks and railroads to stabilize the economy. Eleven million dollars were lent (and repaid) but did little to stop the depression. Which agency administered this loan? NRA WPA FDIC RFC

6. Schechter Poultry Corporation vs. United States (1935) - the famous “Sick Chicken Case” - struck down which New Deal Agency? AAA WPA CCC NRA

7. During the mobilization for America’s entry into WWI, the Food Administration had meatless and 'wheat less' days and guaranteed $2 dollar wheat while calling on people to use substitutes for meat and cereals. Which famous American headed this agency? Herbert Hoover Bernard Baruch Calvin Coolidge William Sims

8. 1919 saw strikes involving over 4 million workers. One of the most famous was the Boston Police Strike that threatened public safety. What future President became famous for breaking the strike? Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Warren G .Harding Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. This country was the only European country to repay in full its WWI war debt to the United States in the interwar period. Finland France Britain Germany

10. Who was the first U.S. President to go up in an airplane and down in a submarine? Calvin Coolidge Teddy Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Warren Harding