Ten Tidbits of American History

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1. Who is the only person who was both a child and a parent of an American President? George H.W. Bush Samuel Adams John Scott Harrison Theodore Roosevelt

2. Who was nicknamed "Magnus Apollo"? DeWitt Clinton Nicholas Biddle John Tyler Silas Wright

3. In the first half of the 18th century, the British policy of allowing the American colonies a great deal of economic freedom was called what? Headright Salutary Neglect Quitrent Impressment

4. Which group, in the 1850s, were commonly known as "The Forty Thieves"? NYC Street Gang NYC Board of Aldermen Congress Standard Oil Board of Directors

5. Which famous contemporary, speaking of the future second President of the U.S., said this: "Adams means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes, and in some things, absolutely out of his senses?" George Washington Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Aaron Burr

6. Which military man stated, "We have met the enemy and they are ours."? Captain James Lawrence General Tecumseh Sherman Captain Oliver Perry Commodore George Dewey

7. Who was known as "Silver Dick"? Richard Nixon Richard Bland Richard Daley Bonhomme Richard

8. What are Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola known for? Leading the Bay of Pigs Invasion Establishing the first settlement on Puerto Rico Laying siege to the Alamo The attempted assassination of Harry Truman

9. Which of these members of the Long family never represented Louisiana as a United States Senator? Huey P. Long Speedy O. Long Russell B. Long Rose M. Long

10. What manuscript, first published in 1856 (but written much earlier), is considered the first account of American history? Two Tears before the Mast Notes on Virginia Of Plymouth Plantation Crisis Papers