# Can You Guys Please Participate in this Survey, Regarding US History. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618 "2009-06-22T17:45:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/41 "2009-06-22T21:57:50Z")
**1) Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate?** Yes. \*\*2) The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? \*\* Lost a war. \*\*3) What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? \*\* Dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. \*\*4) How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? \*\* Currently, twelve, but the number is not determined by statute, and has varied over the years. \*\*5) What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? \*\* Bay of Pigs. \*\*6) How many Senators Serve each State? \*\* Two. \*\*7) “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? \*\* 1960s. \*\*8) Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. \*\* Small. \*\*9) Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? \*\* USSR. \*\*10) What was the “New Deal”? \*\* Franklin Roosevelt’s massive government aid program designed to end the Great Depression. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/42 "2009-06-22T22:01:20Z")
Dammit, _nine_ justices. I always get “Justices of the Supreme Court” mixed up with “Days of Christmas.” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/43 "2009-06-22T22:02:46Z")
1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? yes, execution by firing squad just isn’t the American way 2. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? forcibly kicked out (final evacuation under fire) ? they’d been defeated before by some yardsticks, and by some measures Vietnam was not considered a “defeat” or even a war… 3. What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? atomic bombs Hiroshima Nagasaki 4. How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? about 3 of them; OK 7 5. What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? Bay of Pigs 6. How many Senators Serve each State? two per state are elected, far fewer provide actual service 7. “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? 1960s 8. Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. dismantling 9. Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? USSR 10. What was the “New Deal”? WPA, social security, other programs of the FDR administration ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/44 "2009-06-22T22:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] 4) How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? about 3 of them; OK 7 [/quote] :eek: that’s embarrassing. Uh, 9. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/45 "2009-06-22T22:24:29Z")
1. Yes 2. It fought in southeast asia? (“It lost” might be easier, but inaccurate) 3. Nukin’ them Japs 4. 9 5. Bay of Pigs 6. Two, unless held up by electoral challenges 7. 60’s 8. small 9. CCCP 10. Lyndon Johnson’s ideal of making the US a happy place. (Damn, 10. I was looking for a trick question. Stupid Great society) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/46 "2009-06-22T22:29:25Z")
1. I thought he resigned before being impeached? 2. Lost a war. 3. Atomic bomb. 4. 9? 5. I don’t know. Bay of Pigs? 6. 1? 7. 1960s 8. No idea. Conservative? 9. Russia 10. Something to do with FDR. Again, thanks so much for participating. Oh and no cheating! (As if you guys need to) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/47 "2009-06-22T22:30:53Z")
1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? Hell yes. 1. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? No idea. 1. What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? Nuclear bombs to be used. 1. How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? 9 1. What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? Bay of Pigs. 1. How many Senators Serve each State? 2 1. “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? 60s 1. Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. Small (so he said) 1. Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? USSR 1. What was the “New Deal”? A collection of programs passed by congress and signed by Roosevelt that increased oversight of financial institutions and created a series of public work projects to help stem unemployment. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/48 "2009-06-22T22:33:52Z")
> [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](#): > > American Society Since 1945, but we do talk about certain important historical points that happened in the 30’s and whatnot. > > Sure for you guys this is a breeze, but take a complete Stranger in the Street, they won’t know half these questions. OK, I know the factual answers (except that Vietnam one, it’s fuzzy), so take my word for it. 😉 What I want to know is, have you asked strangers in the street? I know Jay Leno does this, but obviously he cherrypicks for laughs. I just read “The Dumbest Generation,” so I do know that it’s pretty abysmal, but I would be interested to see the results of a street poll done by you/your class. Here’s my confession: I graduated from Berkeley. I would not have known some of those questions at that time. You think we covered the New Deal and Vietnam or Nixon in high school? (My JC American History class was taught by a cuckoo clock who refused to discuss anything after 1789, on the grounds that the Constitution was a crime.) Almost everything I know about American history is what I’ve picked up on my own. Maybe if we had some halfway decent history/civics instruction in schools, strangers in the street would know a bit more of this stuff… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/49 "2009-06-22T22:40:17Z")
1. It didn’t get that far, did it? 2. Complete loss of domestic support 3. One too many atomic bombs 4. 5, with 4 others dissenting 5. Getting shot 6. None, the two that are elected serve only themselves 7. Every era since the 1950s. Take out the “rock ‘n’ roll” part and you could go back to Reconstruction. 8. Inept 9. the United States 10. Roosevelt’s shifting of problems to future generations ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/50 "2009-06-22T22:50:31Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > 1. It fought in southeast asia? (“It lost” might be easier, but inaccurate) So is your answer. You forgot Korea. And the Phillippines. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/51 "2009-06-22T23:08:25Z")
_Before I read the other responses_ 1. Yeah, of course, there were charges of corruption so the best thing to do was to impeach so they could investigate the charges. 2. Too general, I’m guessing the answer you’re looking for is “lost,” I’ll raise you one and say “popularly acknowledged a loss.” Our other two “losses” that I can recall offhand (1812 and Korea) were sort of talked around. 3. Dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (though “ordered” would probably be a better choice of words here). 4. An arbitrarily large number dictated by Congress, currently 9. 5. Still a little subjective. Living? (_dodges rotten fruit_) Okay, okay, Bay of Pigs? 6. Two. Or at leas that’s what they WANT you to think! 7. 60’s 8. Small/limited/make your own synonym 9. USSR 10. The name given to legislation pushed by FDR to help combat the Great Depression (mainly through curbing unemployment). ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/52 "2009-06-23T00:02:19Z")
I wouldn’t say the dropping of the bombs ended world war 2, exactly. It ended the Pacific arm of the war, but the war against Germany was already concluded. It’s giving Truman and the bomb a little too much credit to state that this act ended the whole war. The rest of the questions I won’t answer, since I’m not exactly representative of a typical US citizen, what with not being one. What are you going to use the answers for? ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/53 "2009-06-23T00:13:02Z")
1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? Yes. 2) The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? It didn’t win. Or maybe, it was stalemated by guerillas. 3) What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? Dropping the atom bomb on Japan. 4) How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? Nine. 5) What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? The Bay of Pigs. 6) How many Senators Serve each State? Two. 7) “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? Late 60s/early 70s 8) Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. smaller 9) Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? The USSR (Soviet Union) 10) What was the “New Deal”? Social programs implemented by FDR in the 30s - Social Security, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/54 "2009-06-23T02:02:43Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > 1. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? > \*\*The Army was directed by politicians rather than by soldiers in the field. > \*\* Uh, yeah. Tell that to Abraham “My dear McClellan, if you are not using the Army I should like to borrow it for a while” Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/55 "2009-06-23T02:14:48Z")
Nobody has commented on the First to put the war on television response to Vietnam. That was the one I was thinking of. All my answers were already given. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/56 "2009-06-23T03:53:41Z")
1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? Yes. 1. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? Heatstroke? 1. What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? Dropping two atomic bombs on Japan. 1. How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? Nine, although 'twasn’t always so. 1. What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? Judith Exner? Or maybe the Bay of Pigs invasion. 1. How many Senators Serve each State? Two unless you’re in Minnesota. 1. “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? The 70s. 1. Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. Smaller. 1. Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? The godless Commie Russkie bastards in the Soviet Union. 1. What was the “New Deal”? A series of legislative moves promulgated by the Roosevelt Administration to help end the Depression. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/57 "2009-06-23T13:16:05Z")
1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? Yes 2. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? It lost a war 3. What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? Dropping of nuclear weapons 4. How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? 7(?) 5. What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? Bay of Pigs 6. How many Senators Serve each State? No idea 7. “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? 70’s 8. Ronald Reagan was a big believer in **small** \_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. 9. Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? USSR 10. What was the “New Deal”? A policy of FDR to deal with the Great Depression Please note I am not American so these answers may not be a great indicator. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/58 "2009-06-23T13:53:25Z")
Serious answers: 1. yes 2. failed to win 3. nuking of Japan 4. 9 5. Bay of Pigs 6. 2 7. 60’s 8. limited 9. Soviet Union 10. FDR’s program to alleviate the Depression Fun answers: 1. No, drawing and quartering would have been better. 2. It got stoned. 3. Japanese auto imports. 4. Too many. 5. allowing himself to get shot. 6. None–Senators only serve themselves. 7. It’s timeless. 8. deficit-ridden 9. Canada–I blame them for everything. 10. Our introduction to the joy of agricultural subsidies. ---
**Author:** ![Dogberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Dogberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogberry)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/59 "2009-06-23T13:59:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Nobody has commented on the First to put the war on television response to Vietnam. That was the one I was thinking of. All my answers were already given. I did. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618/60 "2009-06-23T13:59:54Z")
Here you go! > [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](#): > > Hey guys. This is some survey I’m supposed to give to 10 random people about US history, what better place that this? > > Just post brief answers. When applicable a “Yes”, “No”, “I Don’t Know” is fine. On other questions feel free to elaborate a bit, but no more than a sentence is necessary. > > I know most of you will breeze by all these questions, so if you get one wrong on purpose, that would be fine. 😛 > > 1. Do You Believe impeachment was a proper way to deal with Nixon in Watergate? > > **Personally, I do - yes.** > > 1. The Vietnam War was the first time that what happened to the US Army? > > **It was allowed to get beaten by the failure of the political leaders to properly recognize the dilemma and provide proper support.** > > 1. What did President Truman allow that ended World War II? > > **Bomb go boom** > > 1. How Many Justices serve in the US Supreme Court? > > **Nine- just like baseball** > > 1. What was John F. Kennedy’s most embarrassing failure as a US President? > > **failure to duck** > > 1. How many Senators Serve each State? > > **Two are elected, the degree to which they ‘serve’ is open to debate** > > 1. “Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll” is a slogan that belongs to which era? > > **Punk?** > > 1. Ronald Reagan was a big believer in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ government. Fill in the blank. > > **Mommy** > > 1. Which country was the United States main “opponent” in the Cold War? > > **USSR** > > 1. What was the “New Deal”? > > **FDR’s cure for Depression** > > Again, thanks so much for participating. > > Oh and no cheating! (As if you guys need to) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-please-participate-in-this-survey-regarding-us-history/500618.md?page=4)