Historical Speeches Trivia Questions
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Which orator delivered the 'Liberty or Death' speech on March 23, 1775, also known as the 'Call to Arms'?
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patrick henry
Who said, 'Now, for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to choose,' in their inaugural address?
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bill clinton
Which speech did the Chicago Times criticize for Lincoln's 'dishwatery utterances'?
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gettysburg address
What historic speech delivered on November 19, 1863, began with the words, 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers'?
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gettysburg address
According to Lincoln, if which social institution 'is not wrong, nothing is wrong'?
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slavery
In 1858, which Senate hopeful in Illinois said, 'Nobody has ever expected me to be president'?
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abraham lincoln
What did Douglas MacArthur tell Congress there is no substitute for in war?
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victory
Which famous short speech was delivered on November 19, 1863, and has its 1st and 2nd drafts held by the Library of Congress?
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gettysburg address
What famous speech, delivered on November 19, 1863, lasted only two minutes?
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gettysburg address
Who told the GOP convention in 1964 that 'Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice'?
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barry goldwater
Who delivered the inaugural address that included the phrase, 'Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed'?
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john f. kennedy
What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln deliver on November 19, 1863?
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gettysburg address
In which state was the Gettysburg Address delivered at the new National Soldiers' Cemetery?
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pennsylvania
In a speech on January 22, 1917, Woodrow Wilson set forth his goal of 'a peace without' what?
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victory
Who is the orator that told the first Continental Congress in 1774, 'I am not a Virginian but an American'?
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patrick henry
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