Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address? Put your knowledge to
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Q. What event made Coolidge popular with his party while he was governor of Massachusetts?
Boston Police Strike
Haymarket Square bombing
The sinking of the Lusitania
Declaring clam chowder the state dish
Q. Who was Coolidge's main opponent in the election of 1924?
John Davis
Robert La Follette
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His own crushing sense of ennui
Q. What group, only mildly criticized by Coolidge, was particularly strong while he was in the White House?
The Ku Klux Klan
The American Federation of Labor
The Progressive Party
The Donner Party
Q. What did Coolidge think was the best way to increase American prosperity?
Drastically cutting taxes and government spending.
Raising taxes to fund public works projects.
Investing in agriculture to create more exportable products.
Giving every American three shares of Microsoft
Q. Who was President when Coolidge was Vice President?
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Morgan Freeman