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U.S. Civics & Politics Flashcards

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“Passive”
Caused by a president not signing a bill in 10 day window while congress is adjourned
(Thus bill cannot pass)
First used by James Madison

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POCKET VETO

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Right of U.S. pres to withhold info from congress/courts
Tested (& proven limited) in 1974, U.S. v. Nixon

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EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE

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Ability of congress members to send official mail “free” (no postage) with a signature

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FRANKING PRIVILEGE

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American Latino labour leader
1927-93
California
Organized agricultural boycotts
National Farm Workers Assn.
United Farm Workers

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CESAR CHAVEZ

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Pentagon employee
Friend of Monica Lewinsky
Recorded phone calls regarding president Clinton

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LINDA TRIPP

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Former “White House intern”
Infamous “blue dress” with presidential DNA
1999 interview with Barbara Walters (20/20)
Portrayed by Beanie Feldstein in “Impeachment: American Crime Story”

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MONICA LEWINSKY

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The version known today was written by Francis Bellamy in 1892 for the Youth’s Companion
“Under god” was added by congress in 1954 with Eisenhower’s support

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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Congressman
NYC Mayor (1934-45)
Opposed Tammany Hall
“Little Flower”
Son of a bandleader
Named Patience & Fortitude
Queens airport named for him
1959 stage musical based on his life

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FIORELLO LAGUARDIA

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Political cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly
Popularized GOP elephant & Dem donkey
Popularized modern image of Santa Claus
Critic of Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall
Covered the Civil War

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THOMAS NAST

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NYC Mayor (2014-21)
Hillary Clinton’s 2000 senate campaign manager
2019 presidential run

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BILL DE BLASIO

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NYC administrator
Subject of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker”

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ROBERT MOSES

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Official residence of NYC mayors (since LaGuardia)

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GRACIE MANSION

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Corrupt Democratic NYC “political machine”
Existed 1789-1967

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TAMMANY HALL

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Corrupt Dem rep. & sen. of 1850s-70s
Siphoned funds
Ran a “ring”
Associated with Tammany Hall

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WILLIAM “BOSS” TWEED

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NYC mayor (1926-32)
Nicknamed “Beau James” (for being dapper)
Sounds like a “Dy-no-mite” Good Times actor

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JIMMY WALKER

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1st & only woman on U.S. bank note (silver $1, 1886)
Nee “Dandridge” to a wealthy Virginia family
Married Daniel Custis (widowed)
Their children John & Patsy became stepkids of her new husband

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MARTHA WASHINGTON

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Home state: New Hampshire
Friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nicknamed “Handsome Frank”
Died of cirrhosis (drinker)
Concord has his grave & a law school in his name
Elected VP: William Rufus DeVane King

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FRANKLIN PIERCE

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VP of Franklin Pierce
“Roommate” & “friend” of James Buchanan (possibly partner)
Died of TB within a month of election, never fulfilling the role

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WILLIAM RUFUS DEVANE KING

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German-Jewish-American (born “Heinz” in Furth)
U.S. Secretary of State (1973-77, Nixon)
U.S. National Security Advisor (1969-75, Nixon & Ford)
1973 Nobel Peace Prize for Vietnam cease-fire (shared with Le Duc Tho, who refused his half of the prize)
“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”
“Power is the great/ultimate aphrodisiac.”

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HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER

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Kind of “diplomacy” practiced by Kissinger that involves a third party traveling between communicating states

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SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY

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1st Jewish Supreme Court justice
Served 1916-39 (Wilson appointee)
Zionist
Namesake of a univeristy in Waltham, Mass.

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LOUIS BRANDEIS

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Supreme Court justice
Served 1939-62 (FDR appointee)
Jewish
Born in Vienna
A Harvard professorship is named for him
“Food” name

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FELIX FRANKFURTER

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15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Served 1969-86 (Nixon appointee)
During Roe v. Wade, U.S. v. Nixon, & the Pentagon Papers
Retired in 1986 for bicentennial
Medal of Freedom recipient
“Tasty” name
Same first name as previous Chief’s last name

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WARREN BURGER

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Bob Woodward’s Watergate informant
Identity kept secret until 2005

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MARK FELT
“DEEP THROAT”

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During “Saturday Night Massacre” (1973), became acting U.S. Attorney General after his superiors resigned rather than fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
Fired Cox, his first assignment as Acting Attorney General
Supreme Court nominee in 1987 by Reagan (rejected by senate)
(Douglas Ginsburg also rejected due to drugs; KENNEDY got the spot ultimately)

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ROBERT BORK

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Nixon’s 1st attorney general
Only AG ever convicted of a felony

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JOHN MITCHELL

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Nixon’s 3rd Attorney General
Refused to fire Archibald Cox, so Nixon fired him (1973, “Saturday Night Massacre”)
Followed by Robert Bork

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ELLIOT RICHARDSON

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Chief of staff under Nixon, convicted

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H. R. HALDEMAN

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Counsel & Assistant to the President under Nixon
Convicted
“Let [Gray] twist, slowly, slowly in the wind.”

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JOHN EHRLICHMAN

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New York Governor 1983-94 (Dem.)
Defeated by Pataki in 1994
Known for his speeches
Father of another governor
Controversial namesake of Tappan Zee bridge’s replacement

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MARIO CUOMO

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New York Governor 2011-2021 (Dem.)
Clinton’s Housing & Urban Development Secretary (late 1990s)
Son of a governor

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ANDREW CUOMO

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Only Department not run by a “Secretary”

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
(ATTORNEY GENERAL)

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Son of governor Mario & brother of governor Andrew
CNN correspondent

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CHRIS CUOMO

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“Infamous” D.C. hotel/office complex
Early morning of June 17, 1972, 5 men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Convention’s HQ there

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WATERGATE

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Security guard at the Watergate
Noticed tape on the door latch at DNC HQ
Played himself in All the President’s Men (1976)

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FRANK WILLS

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“White House Counsel”
Said there was “a cancer within, close to the presidency…”

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JOHN DEAN

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Nixon’s “Special investigations unit”
Included G. Gordon Liddy & E. Howard Hunt
Made to “stop leaks”

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THE “PLUMBERS”

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Publisher, later owner & CEO, of the Washington Post
Publisher during Watergate
Died in 2001

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KATHARINE GRAHAM

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Washington Post editor (1965-91)
Portrayed by Jason Robards in “All the President’s Men” (1976), for which he won a supporting actor Oscar

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BEN BRADLEE

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Ex-husband of Nora Ephron, about whom she penned the roman a clef “Heartburn”
One of 2 journalists who broke Watergate story for Washington Post
Portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in “All the President’s Men” (1976)

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CARL BERNSTEIN

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One of 2 journalists who broke Watergate for Washington Post
Wrote “State of Denial”, “Bush at War”, “Obama’s Wars”, “The Secret Man” (as Deep Throat’s contact)
Portrayed by Robert Redford in “All the President’s Men”

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BOB WOODWARD

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Secretary of State 1953-59 (Eisenhower)
Senator from New York (1949, for 4 months)
Brother of CIA director Allen
Namesake of Washington airport

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JOHN FOSTER DULLES

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CIA director, 1953-61
Resigned after Bay of Pigs (1961)
Later part of Warren Commission (1963)
Brother of Secretary of State John Foster

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ALLEN DULLES

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Governor of Louisiana 2008-2016
Republican
Son of Indian immigrants

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BOBBY JINDAL

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Governor of Texas 1991-1995
Democrat
1988 DNC speaker - GHW Bush was “Born with a silver foot in his mouth”

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ANN RICHARDS

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Portuguese water dog
Became a presidential pet in 2008
Died in 2021

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BO OBAMA

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Portuguese water dog
Became presidential pet in 2012

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SUNNY OBAMA

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1996 law that requires disclosure of sex offender information by law enforcement

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MEGAN’S LAW

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U.S. Vice President 1825-1832
Under J.Q. Adams & A. Jackson
1st VP to resign (due to Petticoat Affair)
Senator from South Carolina
Formed “triumvirate” with Webster & Clay
Plantation became Clemson

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JOHN C. CALHOUN

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U.S. Vice President 1857-1861
Under Buchanan
Senator from Kentucky
Lost presidency to Lincoln in 1860
Confederate general & Secretary of War

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JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE

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U.S. Vice President 1813-1814
Under Madison
Died in office
Previously Massachusetts governor
Drew a famously lopsided district

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ELBRIDGE GERRY
(hard G)

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1st black Attorney General of U.S.
(2009-15, Obama)
Formerly deputy AG (1997-2001)

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ERIC HOLDER

53
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1st black woman Attorney General
(2015-2016, Obama)
Alliterative

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LORETTA LYNCH

54
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Congressional rep for Iowa (1987-95)
Played yeoman purser Gopher on “The Love Boat’

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FRED GRANDY

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Reagen Secretary of Education
“Drug czar”

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WILLIAM BENNETT

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Day, usually in March (sometimes Feb), when the most states have presidential primaries at once

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SUPER TUESDAY

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U.S.A.’s highest civilian honour
Established under Truman
Became “presidential” under JFK/LBJ

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(PRESIDENTIAL) MEDAL OF FREEDOM

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First Lady of the U.S. (1921-23)
First First Lady to be divorced

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FLORENCE HARDING

59
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Warren Harding’s dog, an Airedale Terrier

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LADDIE BOY

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First Vice President under Lincoln (1961-65)
Senator from Maine

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HANNIBAL HAMLIN

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Massachusetts “educator”, reformer of public education and abolitionist
Replaced J.Q. Adams in the House after his 1948 death

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HORACE MANN

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2009 stimulus bill known as ARRA

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AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT (OF 2009)

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Executive policy of 2012
Gives 2-year deferral for deportations of “dreamers”

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DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA)

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Children brought into America at a young age as immigrants
Subject of the 2012 DACA policy

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“DREAMERS”

65
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Number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives

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435

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Born in Baltimore (father & brother were mayor)
Nee D’Alesandro
Representative from CA (D.) 1987-present
District includes most of San Francisco
Speaker of the House (2007-11, 2019-23)
In 2018, gave 8-hour speech for DACA

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NANCY PELOSI

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1st black congresswoman
Served New York (1969-83)
1st black candidate to run for a major party’s presidential nomination (Democrats, 1972)
Portrayed by Uzo Aduba in “Mrs. America”

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SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

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Representative from Ohio (R.)
Speaker of the House (2011-2015)
Later a marijuana legalization advocate

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JOHN BOEHNER

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Host of “The View” (2017-21)
Wrote “Dirty Sexy Politics” (2010) & “Bad Republican” (2022)
Daughter of Arizona senator John

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MEGHAN MCCAIN

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Representative from Wyoming (R.)
Daughter of VP Dick

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LIZ CHENEY

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The “Aloha State”
“Paradise of the Pacific”

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HAWAI’I

72
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“Native America”
The “Sooner State”

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OKLAHOMA

73
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“First In Flight”
The “Tarheel State”

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NORTH CAROLINA

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“Land of 10,000 Lakes”
The “Gopher State”
The “North Star State”

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MINNESOTA

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Representative from Wisconsin (R.), 1999-2019
Former Ways & Means chair
2012 Romney running mate
Speaker of the House 2015-2019

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PAUL RYAN

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Governor of Arizona 2003-2009
3rd Secretary of Homeland Security (Obama, 2009-2013)

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JANET NAPOLITANO

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Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2006-2014
“Courage to Act” (2015)
Received Economics Nobel in 2022
Played by Paul Giamatti in “Too Big to Fail”

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BEN BERNANKE

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Congressman from Illinois
Chief of Staff under Ford (1974-75, replaced by Cheney)
Secretary of Defense under Ford (1975-77) & G. W. Bush (2001-06, resigned)
“There are known knowns…”
Played by Steve Carell in “Vice” (2018)

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DONALD “RUMMY” RUMSFELD

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Representative from Wyoming
Chief of Staff under Ford (1975-77, replaced Rumsfeld)
Secretary of Defense under G.H.W. Bush (1989-93)
Haliburton CEO
Memoir “In My Time” (2011)

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RICHARD “DICK” CHENEY

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Vice President to G.W. Bush (2001-09)
Shot Harry Whittington in the face (2006)
Married Lynn
Had a heart replacement
Played by Christian Bale in “Vice” (2018) & Richard Dreyfuss in “W.” (2008)

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RICHARD “DICK” CHENEY

81
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Senate committee that reviews international treaties
Chairs have included Joe Biden & John Kerry
Thomas Paine was made secretary in 1777

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FOREIGN RELATIONS

82
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Mayor of Minneapolis in the 1940s
Senator from Minnesota
Vice President to LBJ (1965-69)
1968 Democratic nominee, with running mate Ed Muskie (lost to Nixon)
Died 1978, leaving Muriel widowed
Namesake of the Minneapolis Metrodome

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HUBERT HORATIO HUMPHREY

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Governor of Massachusetts (1983-91)
1988 Democratic nominee, with running mate Lloyd Bentsen
Lost to Bush in part due to tank photo & the Willie Horton case
Married Kitty
Political science professor at Northeastern U. (Boston)

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MICHAEL DUKAKIS

84
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Senator from Texas (1971-1993)
1988 Democratic VP nominee, with Michael Dukakis
“Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.” - to Dan Quayle in debate
Secretary of the Treasury (1993-1994)

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LLOYD BENTSEN

85
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Senator from Arizona (1987-2018, succeeded Goldwater)
Born in Panama Canal Zone
US Naval Academy graduate
Shot down in Vietnam (1967) & held as P.O.W. in “Hanoi Hilton”
2008 Republican nominee, running mate Sarah Palin
Appeared in “Wedding Crashers”

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JOHN MCCAIN (III)

86
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Campaign finance bill of 2002
Named for Arizona Republican John & Wisconsin Democrat Russ

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MCCAIN-FEINGOLD ACT

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Lt. Governor of Massachusetts in the 1980s
2004 Democratic nominee, running mate John Edwards (lost to Bush)
Vietnam vet with a Purple Heart
Rode swift boats
Part of “Vets Against the War”

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JOHN KERRY

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Secretary of State (2013-17, Obama)
Senator from Massachusetts (1985-2013)
Yale alum
2nd spouse of Teresa Heinz
Previous Foreign Relations Committee chair

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JOHN KERRY

89
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987)
“Rule” in the Dodd-Frank act regulates banks’ risky investments
Replaced by Greenspan

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PAUL VOLCKER
(“VOLCKER RULE”)

90
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987-2006)
Friend of Ayn Rand
Clarinetist
Knighted in 2002
“But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values […] ?”

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ALAN GREENSPAN

91
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4-letter acronym
Room for classified information within a building
Sounds like a boat

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SCIF
SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITY

92
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1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Washington, 1789-1795)
Governor of New York (1795-1801)
Co-author of Federalist papers with Madison & Hamilton
Signed Treaty of Paris with Franklin & Adams
Negotiated 1794 treaty with Great Britain
Namesake of New York college of criminal justice

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JOHN JAY

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“Palmetto State”

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SOUTH CAROLINA

94
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2-word term promised by Teddy Roosevelt in 1904
Similar to FDR and Truman promises

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SQUARE DEAL

95
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2-word 1949 promise by Harry Truman
Similar to Teddy & FDR’s promises

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FAIR DEAL

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Senator from Alaska for over 40 years (1968-2009) (Republican)
Replaced by Mark Begich
Died in 2010 plane crash
Namesake of Anchorage airport

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TED STEVENS

97
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Senator from Vermont (Democrat) (1975-2023)

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PATRICK LEAHY

98
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Senator from Connecticut (1989-2013) (Democrat until 2006; Independent)
Al Gore running mate in 2000 (lost to Cheney)
Jewish

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JOE LIEBERMAN

99
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Senator from North Carolina (Democrat)
Running mate of John Kerry in 2004 (lost to Cheney)
2000 named People’s “Sexiest Politician”
In 2008 revealed affair with campaign worker - “I sin every day.”

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JOHN EDWARDS

100
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“Wolverine State” (though rare there)
“Great Lake State”

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MICHIGAN

101
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“Heart of Dixie”
“Yellowhammer State”

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ALABAMA

102
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“Last Frontier”
“Land of the Midnight Sun”
“Seward’s Icebox/Folly”

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ALASKA

103
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Part of “Great Triumvirate” with Calhoun & Webster
Speaker of the House (1811-1825)
Secretary of State (1825-29, JQA) - called a “corrupt bargain”
Senator from Kentucky
Buried in Lexington

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HENRY CLAY

104
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“Great Compromiser/Pacificator”
Known as a war hawk
Whig party presidential nominee in 1844
Senator who supported 1820 (Missouri) and 1850 Compromises
“I’d rather be right than be president.”
1826 duel with John Randolph

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HENRY CLAY

105
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New Deal program (1933-42)
Single unemployed men 18-25 building parks, planting trees

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CCC
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

106
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New Deal agency (1935-43)
Headed by Harry Hopkins
Built public works
“Federal Project Number One” emoyed writers, artists, & theater workers

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WPA
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION

107
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New Deal agency 1933-present
Headquartered in Knoxville
USA’s largest public utility provider
Built dams, including Norris for flood control & energy

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TVA
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

108
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House Representative from Georgia (Democrat) (1914-1965)
Chair of Armed Services Committee
Pushed for Navy expansion
Namesake of Antarctica’s highest massif, & an aircraft carrier

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CARL VINSON

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