| Much Ado About . . . Voting for Fun - Answers |
Q1. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first First Lady to: Vote in a presidential election
Q2.There are fifteen nations that gave women the right to vote before the United States did in 1920. Which was the first? New Zealand.
Q3. Which US state, due to an oversight, was voted into the union 150 years after being accepted as a US state? Ohio
Q6. Susan B. Anthony was known for her work in: Securing women the right to vote
Q7. Who introduced a bill that attempted to bar slavery from all future states admitted to the Union (a measure that might later have prevented the U.S. Civil War if it had not been defeated – by a single vote)? Thomas Jefferson
Q8. Which US President never voted (He didn’t even vote in the election that elected him to office)? Zachary Taylor
Q9. Andrew Johnson is also the only former president to: be elected the United States Senate
Q10. Andrew Johnson, the first president to be impeached, was acquitted in the Senate by how many votes? 1
Q11. After the U.S. Civil War, what was the first state to give the vote to African Americans? Iowa
Q12. BONUS QUESTION: Jimmy Carter was the first president since 1932 to:lose his re-election race.
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