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Calvin Coolidge

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Introduction:
"A quiz on the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge."


1. What first name was Coolidge given at birth?
    Thomas
    Calvin
    John
    Stephen


2. Calvin Coolidge had a younger sister. Her name was what?
    Victoria
    Anna
    Grace
    Abigail


3. A hostess once bet someone that she could get Coolidge to say more than two words. What did Coolidge say when the hostess finally talked to him?
    no way
    you lose
    guess not
    big mistake


4. From what university did Coolidge graduate?
    Amherst
    Williams
    Harvard
    Bowdoin


5. What religion did Coolidge practice?
    Unitarian
    Methodist
    Congregationalist
    Lutheran


6. Of what state was Calvin Coolidge governor?
    Vermont
    Massachusetts
    Connecticut
    New Hampshire


7. Coolidge was nominated for vice-president by the Republican Party in 1920 in what city?
    Chicago
    San Francisco
    New York
    Cleveland


8. Upon the death of Warren Harding on August 3, 1923, who swore in Coolidge as president?
    his father
    district court judge
    Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
    state supreme court judge


9. The Republican convention of 1924 first nominated this man for vice-president but he declined.
    Frank Lowden (Gov.-Illinois)
    Charles Bryan (Gov.-Nebraska)
    William Borah (Sen.-Idaho)
    Hiram Johnson (Sen.-California)


10. John W. Davis was the Democratic nominee for President in 1924. On what ballot did he get the nomination?
    103
    127
    76
    54


11. Which of these historical events did not take during the Coolidge Administration?
    Scopes Evolution Trial takes place
    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
    Japan invades Manchuria
    Woodrow Wilson dies


12. The Kellogg-Brand Pact of 1928 renounced war as a means of settling international disputes. Which of these nations were not among the first 15 countries to sign the pact?
    Norway
    Germany
    Czechoslovakia
    France


13. How many men did Calvin Coolidge appoint to the US Supreme Court?
    3
    0
    1
    2


14. In what city did Calvin Coolidge die?
    Northampton, Massachusetts
    Washington DC
    Plymouth Notch, Vermont
    Hartford, Connecticut


15. Given the date that Calvin Coolidge died, if he had run for re-election in 1928, he would not have survived the term.
    True
    False


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