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Trivia Questions

Norman Thomas was this party's presidential candidate in every election from 1928 to 1948

The nation's oldest existing 3rd party, it was founded in 1869 to prevent the manufacture & sale of liquor

In 1968 this American Independent Party candidate received almost 10 million votes & won 5 states

He was the last Federalist candidate to be elected president

Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson, this party's 1st program was Clay's "American System" favoring high tariffs

Richard Nixon used this term to describe the people who quietly supported his Vietnam policy

In 1936 Republicans said, "Let's get another deck" in response to this program

One of the symbols used in his campaign was "AuH2O"

French for "reduction in pressure", it described Henry Kissinger's policy toward the Soviet Union

Opponents of this 1807 act directed at France & Britain called it "o grab me"