today in History 3

Question 1

oct 28, 1919

congress enforces prohibition

Answer 1

Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the 18th amendment (prohibition)

Question 2

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market crashes

Answer 2

in the aftermath of black tuesday, america and the rest of the world spiraled into the great depression

Question 3

nov 1 1765

parliament enacts stamp act

Answer 3

taxation without representation

Question 4

nov 4 1979

Iranians Strom US Embassy

Answer 4

radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages

Question 5

nov 5, 1940

FDR re-elected President

Answer 5

Roosevelt was elected to a third term with the promos of maintaining American neutrality as far as foreign wars were concerned

Question 6

nov 6 1860

Abraham Lincoln elected president

Answer 6

the announcement of Lincoln’s victory signaled the secession of the southern states

Question 7

Nov 7 1972

Nixon re-elected president

Answer 7

watergate scandal ultimately proved to be nixon’s undoing, and he resigned the presidency as a result of it in August 1974

Question 8

Nov 8 1960

John F. Kennedy elected president

Answer 8

1) Bay of Pigs – failed to give air support
2) Nikita Khrushchev bullied kennedy during summit meeting
3) Berlin wall
4) deteriorating situation in south east Asia – civil war in Vietnam

Question 9

nov 11 1918

world war 1 ends

Answer 9

the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict (treaty of versailles of 1919) forced punitive terms on Germany that established Europe and laid the groundwork for WW2

Question 10

nov 13, 1909

Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts

Answer 10

Roosevelt concluded that Taft had so badly betrayed the ethics of conservation that he had to be ousted. Roosevelt mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Taft on the independent Bull Moose ticket in 1912.

Question 11

nov 15, 1777

Articles of confederation adopted

Answer 11

could
raise armies
declare war
sign treaties

couldn’t
No taxes
No regulating trade or collecting tariffs

Question 12

Nov 18 1987

Congress issues final report on Iran-Contra scandal

Answer 12

funds from secret weapon sales to Iran were used to finance the contra war against Sandinista government in Nicaragua

Question 13

Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Answer 13

the speech reflected his refined belief that the civil war was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all.