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Trivia Questions

This president vetoed more legislation than any other

Though popular in early 1800s this Tennessee congressman was even more popular in the 1950s

After a series of sit-down strikes at plants in 1936-37, GM agreed to recognize this union

Spanning from Rock Island, IL to Davenport, IA, 1st railway bridge over this river opened 5/21/1856

French for "the narrows", this city was founded in 1701 on river between Lake Huron & Lake Erie

While FDR served the longest term, 12 years, this president served the shortest, 1 month

Number of the Continental Congress which adopted the Declaration of Independence

A cartoon by Thomas Nast in an 1874 Harper's Weekly was the 1st to use an elephant as this

It's the present-day successor of the old Federal Radio Commission

The verdict in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley Jr. for attempting to murder the president