BONUS:  In 1941 on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II, Georgia’s state universities were highly acclaimed, recognized as among the best in the South.

Though arguably the most popular president in U.S. history, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reputation was negatively impacted by:

Midterm elections had significant political consequences in all of the following years except

Substantial numbers of Wall Street firms paid significant fines, and executives served jail time as a result of malfeasance associated with the Great Recession.

The Fair Employment Practices Commission handily solved all problems of racial discrimination in the defense industry.

Notably absent among those unions agreeing to the “no strike pledge” during World War II were

The Ford auto workers start organizing a union openly, confident that their rights under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act will be respected.

The “old line” labor unions referred to as incapable of organizing the auto industry with a craft union approach are part of:

Struggling sharecroppers benefitted enormously from the New Deal’s program of crop subsidies laid out in the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

“There should be no prosecutions for the mere expression of opinion on matters of public concern, however radical, however violent. The expression of all opinions, however radical, should be tolerated.  The fullest freedom of speech should be encouraged by setting aside special places in streets or parks and in the use of public buildings free of charge, for public meetings of any sort.” At the time the newly-founded American Civil Liberties Union wrote these words, they were defending several high-profile cases involving the