Answers: Campaigns, Slogans, and Songs

1. In 1928, Herbert Hoover ran on the slogan "A chicken in every pot and ___"

D.a car in every garage

2. Which 20th-century president promised a "Return to normalcy"?

A. Warren Harding

3. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln's slogan was "Vote yourself a ___"

C. farm

4. Who asked in a debate, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

C. Ronald Reagan

5. True or false: James Polk's "54-40 or fight" slogan referred to his age and that of his youthful opponent.

False. It referred to part of the Oregon Territory occupied by the British.

6. Who sought a "kinder, gentler nation"?

D. George H.W. Bush

7. True or false: Woodrow Wilson won re-election in 1916 with the slogan "He kept us out of war."

True

8. What composer/songwriter turned the slogan "I like Ike" into a song?

A. Irving Berlin

9. What was the meaning of William McKinley's slogan "Full dinner pail"?

B. He was referring to the prosperity of his first term.

10. Which of these slogans was used by Bill Clinton in 1992?

D. It's the economy, stupid.