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Which highway network did President Dwight Eisenhower launch by signing the 1956 act?
Eisenhower backed the system after seeing German autobahns in wartime and wanting faster cross-country travel.
In 1987 Ronald Reagan gave his "Tear down this wall" speech in which city?
Reagan spoke before the Brandenburg Gate and addressed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev directly.
US hostages were held in Iran for how many days during Jimmy Carter's presidency?
Nightly TV news counted each day until all 52 captives were freed after 444 days.
Which president urged Americans to ask what they can do for the country in 1961?
Kennedy spoke the line in his inaugural address and framed service as a civic duty.
Which World War II vessel did John F. Kennedy command in the Pacific?
A Japanese destroyer split PT-109 in 1943, and Kennedy helped his surviving crew reach safety.
Harry Truman issued a 1948 executive order desegregating which American institution?
Truman acted years before the 1954 school desegregation ruling, and the military finished integrating ahead of civilian life.
What phrase appeared on the famous sign on Harry Truman's White House desk?
Truman kept the sign to show that a president cannot pass hard decisions to anyone else.
Dwight Eisenhower appeared in WWII newsreels in what command role?
Eisenhower led the Allied invasion of Europe, so wartime newsreels often showed him reviewing troops before D-Day.
What problem did President Gerald Ford's WIN buttons urge Americans to fight?
WIN stood for Whip Inflation Now, and Ford handed out the buttons as part of a 1974 campaign for voluntary spending restraint.
Which president sent federal troops to protect Black students in Little Rock in 1957?
Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to enforce school integration at Little Rock Central High.