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Pop Quiz Time!
- by Marisa
- March 13, 2008
I tell my kids that they must study history because it tends to repeat itself. Understanding why things happened, how they happened and what mistakes were made can give us an idea of how to proceed today. It’s that whole thing about those who do not pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it.
Anyway, I always find it interesting how very little things really change. I find it interesting that the more things change the more they stay the same. I’ve dug up an old post and I’m re-posting it in two parts. These are quotes from the media; can anyone guess to what time or president they refer? I’ll wait for some guesses. I hope everyone takes a stab at these. Note that I’ve replaced identifying items with [words like this] in the hopes of not giving it away.
“[The enemy] isn’t going to come over and invade us, so we really have nothing to fear here in America.”
“Dictator [President of the United States] wants us to go to war to promote his special interests.”
“The crazy foreign policy in Washington needs to be fixed.”
“I can see nothing for us but ruin if we enter into war.”
“[The President of the United States] is just stirring up war hysteria to take attention off of his [name a failing policy].”
Anyone care to guess the origin of these media comments? What president, what time is being referenced here? Answer in the comments and I’ll post the answer later.
ETA: Since I wasn’t clear, all of those quotes are from the media and all reference the same President and the same time period. One answer with two parts: What president and what war?
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Hmmm…I’m guessing I might go zero for five, but here goes.
1. Guessing this was said right before Pearl Harbor.
2. About Truman and North Korea.
3. Lots of people during Vietnam.
4. WWII again.
5. Bush, right before Iraq War
Come back and read the quotes as various statements from different newspapers and magazines and news reporters, all during the same time. All of those quotes are about the same President during the same time period.
Okay, I am embarrassed to say this, but I am just about half/inch short of a masters’ degree in history. My only excuse for my ignorance in this one is that I’ve been out of the classroom a few years and haven’t gone back to finish the degree.
Oh, and I specialized in Mexican history in the master’s program.
Enough excuses. My best guess:
1. The president would be FDR.
2. The war would be World War II.
OR (do we get two guesses?)
1. The president was Richard Nixon.
2. The war was Vietnam.
Nah, I’ll go with my first guess. It just doesn’t feel right for Vietnam and Nixon because we were in the thick of it with Nixon.
Maybe LBJ and Vietnam?
Nah. I give up. I’ll bookmark your site just to get back here for the answer! LOL!
Keep up the good work!
Gary
I’m thinking it’s Woodrow Wilson. The US was very isolationist right before World War I (“The Great War”).
I’m warning you that I failed history three times.
But I’ll guess anyhow! LOL
I’m going to guess George Bush. The first George Bush, not the idiot we have stuck in office today -lol- because there was so much scuffle between him and Hussain and we had the Gulf War, you know the war that people always forget about.
I think I’ll post the answer tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Check back here tomorrow for your history lesson.
Thinking out loud, Gary?
I’m going to post the answer tomorrow. Be sure to check back for it.
The president was FDR and WW2
Thanks for the guess. I’ll post the answer tomorrow.
McKinley and the Spanish-American War?
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