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Last Chance to See That's the Ticket!
Foreign wars, trade, immigration, taxes, recession, health care, the environment, character, experience … today's political concerns have played themselves out many times in our nation's history. With public attention focused on the big presidential election this week (don't forget to vote!), the Wisconsin Historical Museum invites you to review all the hubbub of past elections at its exhibit That's the Ticket! A Parade of Presidential Elections before it closes on Saturday, November 8th.
Colorful arrays of political buttons, ribbons, bumper stickers, handbills, broadsides, tickets, pins, pennants, license plates, clothing, novelties and other objects punctuate the narrative of 38 election seasons. A rare Benjamin Harrison campaign hat from 1888, a Teddy Roosevelt bandana from 1912, Franklin Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie powder compacts from 1940, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon car antenna flags from 1960, and Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter pocket knives from 1980 are among the many items on display.
Think you know your presidential election facts? Test your knowledge with this presidential trivia challenge (answers appear below):
- 1. Who is the only president to be issued a citation for speeding while in office?
- a. William McKinley
- b. Ulysses S. Grant
- c. Dwight Eisenhower
- d. Jimmy Carter
- 2. Which president appears on the highest denomination of U.S. currency?
- a. William McKinley
- b. James Madison
- c. Woodrow Wilson
- d. Grover Cleveland
- 3. From which states did Robert La Follette win electoral votes in the 1924 election?
- a. None
- b. Wisconsin
- c. Wisconsin, Minnesota, District of Columbia
- d. Wisconsin, Massachusetts
- 4. Who was the first Republican presidential candidate to win the state of Wisconsin?
- a. John Fremont
- b. Abraham Lincoln
- c. Rutheford B. Hayes
- d. Ulysses S. Grant
- 5. Which vice president commanded a regiment in the Iron Brigade and also served as
president of La Crosse Gas Light Company?
- a. Alben Barkley
- b. Charles Dawes
- c. William Wheeler
- d. Charles Fairbanks
For more information on the exhibit, visit the museum's home page or call 608-264-6555. And get a sneak peak in this online slide show prepared by the Wisconsin State Journal.
- Answers:
- 1. b
- 2. c
- 3. b
- 4. a
- 5. b
:: Posted November 3, 2008
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