People
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Potpourri
Old School, Part I
100

There are 100 of them serving in Congress

What are senators?

100

An unjust or violent tax

What is an exaction?

100

U.S. Senators must be at least ___ years old to serve

What is 30?

100

The Lusitania was carrying this to Britain when it was sunk

What are munitions/war materiel?

100

Lincoln's Vice President at the time of his assassination

Who was Andrew Johnson?

200

He was the President who involved the U.S. in World War I

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

200

This type of jury decides whether an accused person is guilty or not guilty

What is a petit jury?

200

The U.S. Supreme Court asserted in 1919 that doing this in a theatre wouldn't be free speech

What is falsely "shouting 'Fire!'"?

200

A military draft violates this constitutional amendment

What is the Thirteenth?

200

It's defined in the Constitution as the crime of "levying war against [the states]"

What is treason?

300

Charles Schenck was famously arrested for printing these during World War I, losing a Supreme Court case

What are fliers criticizing the draft?

300

The government's printing or otherwise creating money out of thin air

What is inflation?

300
The U.S. government passed into law two ___ Acts, one in 1798 and one in 1918.

What is "Sedition"?

300

FDR's several similarly-named legislative acts were called "___ Acts," instead of "Tax Acts."

What is "Revenue"?

300

The kind of tax added to something someone buys

What is an "indirect tax"?

400

This county government officer is responsible for determining the cause of death in a suspicious or potentially criminal case

What is a coroner?

400

This type of jury decides is there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime

What is a grand jury?

400

FDR's government programs that took over the economy were collectively known as the "___ ___."

What is "New Deal"?

400

The Schechter brothers were charged with a crime for selling these for a price that was now illegally low

What are chickens?

400

The Sixteenth Amendment was passed after the people were promised that this type of tax would be eliminated

What are tariffs?

500

He famously gave a speech against America's entrance into World War I in a book section we read

Who was George Norris?

500

The two-word term Frederic Bastiat used for the government's passing a law to allow it to steal

What is "legal plunder"?

500

The three original departments in the U.S. government: War, State, and ___

What is "Treasury"?

500

This is the correct way to "interpret" the Constitution

What is, "If a power isn't specifically granted to the U.S. government, it may not take that power"?

500

The two-word term that protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements were collectively known as

What is "the American System"?

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