Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Quiz: Presidents and Their First 100 Days

Posted February 26, 2009
  1. Which of the following occurred in Abraham Lincoln's first 100 days?
  2. Which president held the first presidential press conference on his 11th day in office?
  3. True or false: The Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 occurred in Herbert Hoover's first 100 days.
  4. Which of the following did not happen in Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days?
  5. True or false: Harry Truman's order to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end World War II came in his first 100 days.
  6. Which president established the Peace Corps in his first two months in office?
  7. Which president pardoned Vietnam draft dodgers on his second day in office?
  8. How many presidents did not survive their first 100 days?

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