Week 13 Jester Politics Quiz!

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#1. Name this President: I was a Republican from Ohio who served as President from 1877 to 1881. My wife was the first, First Lady to be a college graduate. I fought in the Civil War and was seriously wounded at the battle of South Mountain, Maryland. I resigned from the army at the end of the war with the rank of Major General The first claim of an election being “stolen election” occurred during my election. The Democrats claimed I ‘stole the election.’ In the 1876 the Democrat Samuel J. Tilden (governor of New York) won the popular vote by approximately 250,000 votes. However, the Democratic and the Republican parties in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina each sent their own conflicting ballot results to Washington. Congress appointed a 15-member commission – with a Republican majority – all disputed electoral votes were awarded to me, and I won by 1 electoral vote – 185 to 184. After leaving office I became a fierce advocate for education and prison reform. I served as a trustee for 3 Ohio universities (Wesleyan, Western Reserve and Ohio State). In n1882 I became the first president of the board of the John F. Slater Education Fund for Freedmen (a $1 million endowment to provide education for Southern blacks} and the first president of the reorganized National Prison Reform Association After my death, my son established a presidential library in my name at Spiegel Grove, setting the precedent for future presidential libraries.

#2. Who is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate?

#3. Which part of the Constitution provides for ‘birth right citizenship’ (anyone born within the U.S. is a U.S. citizen)?

#4. Who was the highest scoring American Ace in WW II (shot down the most enemy aircraft)?

Bong shot down 40 enemies all while flying the P 38.

#5. Which Amendment provides the authority to Congress to tax income?

#6. How many different presidents have there been in U.S. history?

Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22nd and 24th President, so there have only been 45 different Presidents even though they are numbered as 46.

#7. The Federalist Papers were written by three people and published in various news papers under the pen name “Publius.” Who was NOT one of the authors?

#8. Who wrote the 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense?”

#9. Which battle was fought after a peace treaty was signed?

#10. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was so unpopular that he is quoted as saying he “could find his way across the country by the light of his burning effigies.” Who is he?

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