Kennedy Bullitt Predicted War Moves Stir Europe
In a weekly analysis Joseph W La Bine reports Kennedy and Bullitt warned that appeasement will delay a clash with Germany and Italy. The piece traces Chamberlain Mussolini talks, Franco British ties, and rising tensions across Europe as Japan and Russia shift risk.
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Paris
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France
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Russia
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Hitler
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Suez Canal
Spain
Franco
Berchtesgaden
Joseph Beck
Poland
President Roosevelt's 1939 State of the Union Message
The President’s annual address outlines armed preparedness, continued New Deal spending, and a wary stance on a balanced budget. Critics note deficits rising beyond 3.3 billion and a debt near 44.5 billion in 1940 while supporters praise tempered rhetoric and defense of democracy. The piece forecasts political battles over arms, spending, and relief policy among Republicans and anti-New Dealers.
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Congress
United States
Roosevelt
America
Borah
Idaho
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California
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Byrd
Virginia
Bailey
North Carolina
Senate
House
King
Utah
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Ask Me Another General Quiz Sample Questions
Quiz prompts covering historical figures and terms. Questions ask if John Witherspoon was the sole preacher signer of the Declaration of Independence, whether current Native American numbers match those at Little Bighorn, who first Roosevelt visited the US, the meaning of digamist, and compare knot nautical miles to land miles.
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Little Big Horn
Roosevelt
Answers and numbers from the period quiz summary
The text lists numbered trivia items about American Indians, a Roosevelt ancestry claim, legal marriage rules, and measurement units. It notes there are more Indians today than in 1876, cites Claes Martenzen van Roosevelt as earliest Roosevelts, mentions second marriages, and states the land mile as 5,280 feet and the nautical mile as 6,080 feet.
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Roosevelt
Claes Martenzen van Roosevelt
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