LINCOLN - THE MAN
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LINCOLN WAS A RACIST
TRUE.
IN A 1862 SPEECH TO A BLACK AUDIENCE, HE STATED, "YOU AND WE ARE OF DIFFERENT RACES. YOU ARE FAR REMOVED FROM THE WHITE RACE." HE HAD PLANS TO CREATE A COLONY IN PANAMA FOR THE BLACKS, SIMILAR TO LIBERIA.
OVER/ UNDER - Of the 50 US states 30 have towns named Lincoln.
OVER. 31 (the only states that no do not have a Lincoln is Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming.)
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JFK OPERATED AS A SPY COURIER IN GERMANY IN 1939
TRUE.
HE AND SOME FRIENDS WERE TOURING EUROPE AND WHILE IN GERMANY THE AMBASSADOR CALLED FOR HIM AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LETTER TO HIS FATHER WHO WAS AMBASSADOR IN ENGLAND FEARING GESTAPO INTERCEPT. DATED AUGUST 21,1939 STATING " WAR WITHIN A WEEK". POLISH INVASION SEPT 1ST
THIS WAS THE FIRST GRANDSON OF A FORMER PRESIDENT ELECTED.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS - BENJAMIN HARRISON - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - GEORGE W BUSH
BENJAMIN HARRISON
LINCOLN WAS THE FIRST TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, ISSUING ONLY ONE. THIS PRESIDENT ISSUED THE MOST.
WOODROW WILSON - FDR - JFK - NIXON
FDR 3721 - WILSON 1803 - JFK 214 - NIXON 346
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LINCOLN'S FEELINGS CONCERNING SLAVERY CAME FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCES.
TRUE. AS A CHILD, HIS FATHER RENTED ABE OUT TO A NEIGHBOR TO HELP THE FAMILY. HE WROTE THAT HE "FELT LIKE A SLAVE" IN HIS DIARY. AND AS A YOUNG MAN, HE TRAVELED TO HIS BEST FRIENDS HOME IN KENTUCKY, WHERE THE FAMILY ASSIGNED A SLAVE TO CARE FOR HIM.
This state capital is closest to the geographical center of continental United States, Lebanon, KS
Lincoln,NE 164 miles Topeka, KS is 198
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NIXON AND KENNEDY WERE GOOD FRIENDS
TRUE
THEY WERE BOTH ENTERED THE SENATE THE SAME YEAR AND OFTEN HAD DRINKS TOGETHER. IT WASN'T UNTIL THEIR RACE IN 1960 THAT IT ENDED. KENNEDY STATED TO A FRIEND THAT HE WOULD BE VOTING FOR NIXON IF HE DIDN'T GET THE NOMINATION.
THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE LAST TO SERVE IN TE CIVIL WAR, ENLISTING AS A PRIVATE IN 1861 AND REACHING THE RANK OF MAJOR.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT - WILLIAM MCKINLEY - JAMES GARFIELD - BENJAMIN HARRISON
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
WHICH PRESIDENT ISSUED THE MOST PARDONS/CLEMENCIES?
FDR - REAGAN - BIDEN - WILSON
BIDEN 4245 - FDR 3796 - WILSON 2827 - REAGAN 406
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LINCOLN WAS ALWAYS A MAN OF PEACE.
FALSE
HE LOVED A GOOD FIGHT. AT A SPEECH, HE SAY A FRIEND BEING BEATEN A RIVAL. HE JUMPED OFF THE PLATFORM, GRABBED THE GUY AND THREW HIM 6 FEET. THEN GOT BACK ON STAGE AND FINISHED HIS SPEECH.
What other president was born 125 from where Lincoln was born
Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America
Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky . Davis was born June 3, 1808, in Christian, KY. These two men served as wartime leaders for four bloody years.)
IN 1961, JFK ISSUED HIS FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER #10924 ESTABLISHING THIS ORGANIZATION.
THE PEACE CORP
THIS IS THE FIRST PERSON TO SERVE 2 NON-CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT - GROVER CLEVELAND - BENJAMIN HARRISON - CHESTER A. ARTHUR
GROVER CLEVELAND ALSO THE FIRST TO BE MARRIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE
ACCORDING TO GALLUP, THIS PRESIDENT HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE APPROVAL RATING AT 70.1%
KENNEDY - REAGAN - GEORGE H W BUSH - CLINTON
KENNEDY
REAGAN - 52.8 BUSH - 60.9 CLINTON - 55.1
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LINCOLN SHIED AWAY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
FALSE
HE PERSONALLY TEST TO GUNS ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN AND WENT TO FORT WASHINGTON TO OBSERVE TESTING OF NEW CANNONS.
This play was the performance the Lincoln attended at Ford's Theater.
Our American Cousin (To this day, Our American Cousin has never been restaged at Ford's Theatre.)
KENNEDY WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS AND MARINE CROSS FOR HIS ACTION COMMANDING THIS BOAT IN WORLD WAR 2
PT 109
THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST BORN WEST OF THE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
HERBERT HOOVER - RONALD REAGAN - RICHARD NIXON - HARRY TRUMAN
HERBERT HOOVER IN IOWA
HOW MANY PRESIDENTS WERE VICE PRESIDENT
10 - 12 - 15 -18
15
9 of the 15 served after the death of the President
5 of the 9 were not elected running on their own for President
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LINCOLN WAS A MEMBER OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
FALSE
ALTHOUGH HE ATTENDED CHURCH BUT NEVER JOINED A CHURCH
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JOHN WILKES BOOTH WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH LINCOLN.
TRUE
A PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN'S 2ND INAUGURATION SHOWS BOOTH IN THE BACKGROUND. HE LATER TOLD FRIENDS HE COULD HAVE SHOT HIM THEN.
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JFK WAS SICKLY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE
TRUE
SUFFERED SCARLET FEVER IN 1920 - IN 1934 DIAGNOSIS WITH LEUKEMIA IN BOSTON, WENT TO THE MAYO CLINIC AND DIAGNOSIS WITH COLITIS. AFTER HIS DEATH IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE HID THE FACT OF SUFFERING FROM ADDISON'S DISEASE AND HYPOTHYROIDISM DURING HIS CAMPAIGNS.
THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST TO LEARN TO DRIVE A CAR.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT - HERBERT HOOVER - CALVIN COOLIDGE - WARREN G HARDING
WARREN G HARDING
THIS MANY PRESIDENTS HELD A PHD
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
1
WOODROW WILSON
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LINCOLN IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO HOLD A PATENT
TRUE
PATENT #6469 AFTER BEING ON A STEAMBOAT THAT HIT A SANDBAR AND PASSENGERS HAD TO GET OFF AND HELP MOVE THE BOAT OFF IT. HE INVENTED A SYSTEM OF EMPTY BARRELS ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE BOAT AND LOWER TO HELP FLOAT THE BOAT UP OVER THE SANDBAR.
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LINCOLN SIGNED THE ORDERS TO CREATE THE SECRET SERVICE THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS KILLED
TRUE.
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KENNEDY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS MANY AFFAIRS, INCLUDING ONE THE A SOVIET SPY
TRUE
Ellen Rometsch in July 1963, Hoover reportedly informed Robert Kennedy about the affair with a woman "suspected as a Soviet intelligence agent, someone linked to East German intelligence."
OF THE ROOSEVELTS, WHICH WAS YOUNGER UPON TAKING THE PRESIDENCY.
FDR OR TEDDY
TEDDY 42 FDR 43
32 PRESIDENT HAD MILITARY SERVICE, THIS MANY REACHED THE RANK OF GENERAL.
4 - 7 - 9 - 11
9 WASHINGTON - ANDREW JACKSON - WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON - ZACHARY TAYLOR - RUTHERFORD B HAYES - BENJAMIN HARRISON - JAMES GARFIELD - CHESTER A ARTHUR - EISENHOWER