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? John Tyler Grover Cleveland Rutherford B. Hayes Theodore Roosevelt

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

3. Karl Marx once was a correspondent for this U.S. newspaper: Chicago Tribune New York Tribune New York Times 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? Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry S. Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover

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

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

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? Louis Brandeis Abe Fortas Samuel Chase Roger Taney