A Changing Presidency

Question 1

When did Harding assume office and leave office due to death?

Answer 1

1921 and 1923

Question 2

Harding’s quote on government and business

Answer 2

‘less government in business, more business in government’

Question 3

French phrase describing Harding’s/ republican policies at the time

Answer 3

laissez-faire

Question 4

What tarnished Harding’s reputation at the end of his presidency?

Answer 4

Corrupted officials

Question 5

What was Coolidge’s reduction on surtax?

Answer 5

40% to 20%

Question 6

What was the wage increase during Coolidge Presidency?

Answer 6

$1308 to $1716

Question 7

Which tax did Coolidge abolish?

Answer 7

Gift tax

Question 8

Which tax did Coolidge halve?

Answer 8

Estate tax

Question 9

Consumer Credit increase under Coolidge?

Answer 9

$32 billion to $60 billlion

Question 10

Under Coolidge, how much did Andrew Mellon reduce taxes?

Answer 10

50% to 20%

Question 11

By the mid 1920s, 200 Companies owned what percentage of the nation’s wealth?

Answer 11

20%

Question 12

FDR quote on fear during his inaugural speech

Answer 12

‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself’

Question 13

What revolutionary form of communication with the public did FDR use to describe his policies?

Answer 13

Fireside chats

Question 14

In what year were the NRA and AAA ruled to be unconstitutional?

Answer 14

1937

Question 15

How many Supreme justices did FDR try to add to the existing 9?

Answer 15

6

Question 16

Coolidge’s quote on business

Answer 16

‘the business of America is business’

Question 17

When was the Fordney- McCumber Tariff Act introduced?

Answer 17

1922

Question 18

The Presidential Difference: leadership from FDR to Barack Obama by Fred Greenstein quote on the presidency

Answer 18

‘The President became the most visible landmark in the political landscape’

Question 19

Catchphrase that was used to describe the way in which Truman spoke in public?

Answer 19

‘to err is Truman’

Question 20

In what cases did Eisenhower minimise a problem to the media?

Answer 20

USSR in space and the missile crisis

Question 21

What kind of image did Kennedy try to show the media?

Answer 21

‘family’

Question 22

Example of Johnson working well in Congress

Answer 22

School funding bypassed by funding the children

Question 23

Was Nixon effective in Congress?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

The National Security Act of 1947 created which two agencies?

Answer 24

NSA and CIA

Question 25

Which speculations were made during the Korean War?

Answer 25

More troops (true), implement the draft (false), considering use of atomic bomb (false)

Question 26

Which two Universities had anti-war protests?

Answer 26

Howard and Columbia

Question 27

In which city did a shootout occur between police and black rioters in 1968?

Answer 27

Ohio

Question 28

What percentage of people trusted government in 1960 and 1974?

Answer 28

70% and 40%

Question 29

Example of corruption during 1960s and 1970s as a result of more people in the White House

Answer 29

Use of the President’s name without approval

Question 30

Violence during the 1960s and 1970s occurred most commonly in two cases, which were they?

Answer 30

Students and Civil Rights activists

Question 31

In what war did Truman give very little information to the media?

Answer 31

Korean War

Question 32

Truman was in office between which years?

Answer 32

1945 and 1953

Question 33

Eisenhower was in office between which years?

Answer 33

1953 and 1961

Question 34

Kennedy was in office between which years?

Answer 34

1961 and 1963

Question 35

Johnson was in office between which years?

Answer 35

1963 and 1969

Question 36

Nixon was in office between which years?

Answer 36

1969 and 1974

Question 37

Ford was in office between which years?

Answer 37

1974 and 1977

Question 38

Carter was in office between which years?

Answer 38

1977 and 1981

Question 39

An example of White House corruption?

Answer 39

Using the President’s name

Question 40

How many people died at the shooting in Kent University in 1970?

Answer 40

4

Question 41

When did Ford pardon Nixon?

Answer 41

1974