Do You Remember AP US History? Quiz

Answer: Eugene Debs

Eugene Debs was found guilty of sedition in September 1918 and imprisoned for 10 years. He lost his appeal to the Supreme court in April 1919 and went to prison. He ran for president in the 1920 election while in prison in Atlanta Georgia (this was the 5th time he had run for president, as a member of the Social Democratic Party in 1900 and then as a member of the Socialist Party of America 1904-1908-1912-1920). Due to his deteriorating health, President Harding commuted his sentence to time served effective Christmas Day 1921. Debs was not pardoned. He died 5 years later in October 1926.

Warren G. Harding won the election. Harding never campaigned in jail (although if he had survived long enough for the scandals to run their course, he might have been in jail in 1924). Charles Hughes was Harding's Secretary of State, who signed the Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty, which limited the naval powers of many countries, allowing Japan to have 3/5 the naval power of the U.S. and Britain, and banning Germany from having a navy. It failed.

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

The full Mencken quotation is as follows: "Here indeed was his one notable talent. He slept more than any other President, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled but Coolidge only snored".

Calvin Coolidge slept an average of fourteen hours per day, and was known as "Silent Cal."

Answer: Baltimore

During the early 20th Century there were few if any regulations on pollution created by factories, etc. and living conditions in some American cities were very bad indeed.

Answer: Tennessee

William Jennings Bryan was the Populist party candidate for president several times, and later was the Democratic party candidate. He never won. Clarence Darrow, Scopes' attorney, made Bryan look foolish, and Bryan died (possibly of embarrassment) a few days after the end of the trial.

Answer: George Baer

George Baer was a very arrogant person. He said of the labor unions: "The workers would be cared for not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men whom God in his infinite wisdom gave ownership of the property and land rights." His implication of divine right turned public opinion against the managers, and helped John Mitchell, the labor representative, get a 10% pay increase for the workers. E.E. Clarke was one of the members of the arbitration board.

Answer: Ending the Russo-Japanese War

Roosevelt helped to end the Russo-Japanese War, giving half of the island of Sakhalin to Japan (which Russia would take back after WWII.) Roosevelt did not try to avert WWI. Wilson attempted to do so, and failed miserably.

Answer: FDA

NRA was the National Recovery Act, AAA was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (both NRA and AAA were struck down by the Supreme Court), and WPA was the Works Progress Administration. FDA is the Food and Drug Administration, which was established in 1906 after the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed.

Answer: Huey Long

Huey Long was the governer of Louisiana who believed in a "share the wealth" system in which anyone with an income of over one million dollars would be forced to pay 100% income tax. Long was assassinated in 1935.

Answer: Panay

The Lusitania was a British ship sunk during WWI. The Sussex was also sunk during WWI. The U.S.S. Arizona was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Answer: Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway halted the Japanese eastward advancement, and the Battle of Coral Sea halted the Japanese southward advancement.

Answer: Afghanistan

Russia did not ask for dominance in Afghanistan at the Yalta conference. Russia later established dominance, however, which included a military occupation lasting until 1989.

Answer: Dwight D Eisenhower

Eisenhower first publicly used this expression at a press conference on April 7, 1954. (Obviously, the general notion of chain reactions is much older than this).

Answer: Twenty-Second

The 20th Amendment was the "Lame Duck" amendment, which changed the presidential inauguration from March 4 to January 20. The 21st Amendment repealed prohibition, and the 23rd Amendment gives District of Columbia residents the right to vote in presidential elections.

Answer: Yates v. United States

Gideon v. Wainwright involved right to counsel. In Baker v. Carr, the Court decided that Tennessee must redistrict to ensure equal representation, and Murray v. Curlett removed prayer from public schools.

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was barely spared from being convicted and removed from office. Andrew Jackson was not friendly with Congress, but was never impeached. James Buchanan is regarded by many as the worst president in the history of the United States, but he was never impeached.