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Presidential Elections recapped as boxing events
War never changes
Take the "L"
Dollar Dollar Bill Y'all
Teddy Roosevelt
100
Here it is folks, it's a straight match between champion Taft and challenger Wilson, and wait, what's this? Here comes Teddy Roosevelt down the aisle! He wants in this match! It's now a three-way match!
What is the 1912 election
100
War for a second time was inevitable as long as this German dictator was in power.
Who is Adolf Hitler
100
A German U-Boat sunk this passenger ship in 1915, but even though it was carrying war supplies, it almost caused America to go to war.
What is the Lusitania
100
How are the workers going to make more money? Easy, they legally form one of these and try to get more pay.
What is a Union
100
Teddy was neither a Republican or a Democrat, but instead followed this new idea which saw government take on and solve society's problems.
What is Progressiveness.
200
Our match tonight between the longest reigning champion in history FDR, going for his fourth consecutive title defense against the challenger Dewey? Will FDR's reign continue?
What is the 1944 election
200
Especially if you are the United States, because then you will follow this policy at the start of both World Wars, which effectively kept the US out of European Conflict.
What is Isolationism
200
Returned from exile, this powerful speaker was the Germans' plan to destroy Russia from the inside, and subsequently make Russia drop out of the war.
Who is Lenin
200
All Americans had tons of dollar dollar bills, until this event happened, and the banks were forced to shut down, and people lost everything.
What is the Great Depression.
200
Teddy was known to fight against big business and trusts, especially when it came to enforcing this Act, created by Benjamin Harrison.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
300
How will Wilson be able to defend his title without a split Republican party? This certainly looks like the end of Wilson's title reign, or is it?
What is the 1916 election
300
Especially wartime alliances never really change, as the allies pretty much stayed the same between both wars, but not the German-led side, which were known by these two names.
What are the Central Powers and Axis Powers
300
If it wasn't for FDR enabling this Act in 1940, Britain very well may have been taken over by the Nazis
What is the Lend-Lease Act
300
How else is the government gonna make that cash bling unless they enact a Federal Income Tax, which was established by this amendment.
What is the 16th amendment
300
Teddy was a great outdoors-man and established the creation of these all across America, land that was to be preserved and set aside for future generations to enjoy.
What is National Parks.
400
This match is going to be disgusting I tell you, as Hayes will fight against Tilden and would you look at that! Already, the republicans are trying to bribe the democrats into losing the match!
What is the 1876 election
400
Propaganda is always present in war, but was most prevalent in WWI, which saw the creation of this branch of government, led by George Creel.
What is the Committee on Public Information
400
Name given to the German fighter planes during WWII
What is the Luftwaffe
400
My boy Taft employed his Dollar-Dollar Bill Diplomacy, which essentially did this.
What is use US trade and investment to gain more political influence in other parts of the world.
400
1906 -- President Teddy establishes this new Government establishment, which sought to overview the drug and food industry and make sure ingredient labels were placed on all marketed foods.
What is the FDA
500
This bout tonight will be "the most important in our history". As we see two fighters, one pro-silver, the other pro-gold, and by god, there is no clear winner. Will business prevail for the republicans? Or will Bryan and the democrats retain the presidency?
What is the 1896 election
500
The only thing that changes during war is generals, and these two Americans were the total general of all ally troops in their own respective wars.
Who are John Pershing and Dwight Eisenhower
500
On a nice day at the worlds expo in 1901, this man walked up and shot and killed then-president McKinley.
Who is Leon Czgoloz
500
Explain the differences between Vertical Integration and Horizontal Integration.
What is Vertical -- buy up all suppliers, eliminate nonessential costs, and put your competition out of business. Horizontal -- buy up all competition and merge into one.
500
Name 3 of Teddy Roosevelt's jobs prior to becoming vice-president.
What is NY assemblyman, cowboy, NYC police commissioner, assistant secretary to the navy, and governor of NY