Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q.
"Many of its burdens will bear heavily upon us for years, and the secondary and indirect effects we must expect to experience for some time." (1.3)
What's Coolidge referring to in this quote?
World War I
The Great Depression
The agricultural depression
Zayn leaving One Direction
Q. Which of the following quotes explains why Coolidge talks about, "The old sentiment of detached and dependent colonies disappeared in the new sentiment of a united and independent nation"? (3.2)
"If we examine carefully what we have done, we can determine the more accurately what we can do."
"This nation believes thoroughly in an honorable peace under which the rights of its citizens are to be everywhere protected."
"We have never any wish to interfere in the political conditions of any other countries."
"We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
Q. Fill in the blank: "We are not identified with any ______ interests."
Old World
financial
military
geeky
Q. What topic is Coolidge addressing when he says, "I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people" (15.10)?
tax cuts and government spending
political entanglements with Europe
restrictions on immigration and minorities
Black Friday sales
Q. Fill in the blanks: "In a ______ the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience to law. Under a _____ the law may be imposed upon the subject." (21.1-2)
republic, despotism
democracy, monarchy
tyranny, constitutional government
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