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Rediscovering America: A Quiz on Prohibition

One hundred years ago, on Oct. 28, the Volstead Act — or National Prohibition Act — was passed. The act created a legal mechanism to enforce the 18th Amendment, which prohibited “the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland,...

We Bet Few Cable Talking Heads Could Pass This Impeachment Quiz

February 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the presidency in 1865 after the death of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first — but not the last — time in American history that a president was impeached, and took place less than three...

We Bet Few Cable Talking Heads Could Pass This Impeachment Quiz

February 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the presidency in 1865 after the death of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first — but not the last — time in American history that a president was impeached, and took place less than three...

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