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Author Topic:   Pop Quiz in American History 101
Fosdick 
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Message 1 of 44 (479619)
08-28-2008 7:20 PM


Here's a pop quiz in American History 101. NO GOOGLING ALLOWED!
Who said this and when?:
quote:
I am not nor have I even been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes. not of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people, and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living togethetr on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they can not so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the surperior position assigned to the white race.
”HM

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Message 2 of 44 (479623)
08-28-2008 7:49 PM
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08-28-2008 7:20 PM


My guess
From style and unlikeliness (to our eyes) I'd guess Abraham Lincoln.
Select to see answer.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Did better job of "hiding" Nosy's answer.

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Message 3 of 44 (479628)
08-28-2008 8:10 PM
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08-28-2008 7:49 PM


Re: My guess
You are correct, Nosy. But when?
”HM

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Message 4 of 44 (479631)
08-28-2008 8:54 PM
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08-28-2008 7:20 PM


Please!
The first sentence should have been enough, honest.

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bluegenes
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Message 5 of 44 (479638)
08-28-2008 10:03 PM
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08-28-2008 7:20 PM


Hidden answer:
As for when, I'd only be guessing.

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Message 6 of 44 (479648)
08-29-2008 8:33 AM
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08-28-2008 8:10 PM


Re: My guess
Perhaps at some time during
Edited by AdminModulous, : hidden for those that don't want spoilers. peek to see answer

BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
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Message 7 of 44 (479652)
08-29-2008 9:15 AM
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Re: My guess
Hide it, Buz, 'cos it's a giveaway for the first question!

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Message 8 of 44 (479673)
08-29-2008 10:42 AM
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08-29-2008 9:15 AM


Re: My guess
You guys are all onto the author of this quote, but the occasion is still unresolved. It was an occasion wherein one might expect the author to be a raving, racist bigot in the great debate. But, in fact, the author was less of a bigot than his opponent.
I posted this mainly as a measure of what we usually regard as racist rhetoric. Times have changed, however. Today, 150 years later, a man of color is likely to become POTUS. (What next, a gay atheist Eskimo?)
”HM

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LudoRephaim
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Message 9 of 44 (479680)
08-29-2008 1:03 PM
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08-28-2008 7:20 PM


A simple guess
Hello Hoot Mon
I have not read the replies to your post yet (i wanted to guess for myself), but i think that th person who said that was (drum roll........DRUM ROLL!)
Andrew Jackson
I feel i will likely be wrong (i cant wait to read what the others have posted about it) but considering his stance on black americans (a recent documentary on PBS mentioned his feelings about them), i will have to go with him.
Of course the answer might be one we dont expect (George Wasington...Abraham Lincoln...Ronald McDonald?????), but i'm gonna go with Andrew Jackson.

"The Nephilim where in the Earth in those days..." Genesis 6:4

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Message 10 of 44 (479681)
08-29-2008 1:05 PM
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08-28-2008 7:49 PM


Re: My guess
{hidden} I'll be a sun of a gun.
Edited by AdminModulous, : No reason given.

"The Nephilim where in the Earth in those days..." Genesis 6:4

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bluegenes
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Message 11 of 44 (479683)
08-29-2008 1:22 PM
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08-29-2008 10:42 AM


Re: My guess
Hoot Mon writes:
You guys are all onto the author of this quote, but the occasion is still unresolved. It was an occasion wherein one might expect the author to be a raving, racist bigot in the great debate. But, in fact, the author was less of a bigot than his opponent.
I was quite proud of getting it, as I'm a foreigner, but it was made easy by the obvious psychology that it was likely to be someone who is considered by many today as a "progressive" against racism, and I knew that (hidden) was a race separatist of sorts.
What next, a gay atheist Eskimo?)
Well, not quite, but a woman from Alaska is the next best thing, just a heartbeat (and an election) away from POTUS.
Edited by bluegenes, : someone else just hid a giveaway, so I must!

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Message 12 of 44 (479688)
08-29-2008 1:46 PM
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08-29-2008 1:03 PM


Re: A simple guess
Ludo, not a bad guess at all. I suppose you know now who it was. But the occasion is still up for grabs.
”HM

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Message 13 of 44 (479689)
08-29-2008 1:57 PM
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08-29-2008 1:22 PM


Re: My guess
bluegenes writes:
Well, not quite, but a woman from Alaska is the next best thing, just a heartbeat (and an election) away from POTUS.
I wonder what it would be like to have a young mother of five, one of which a special-needs child, serve as POTUS during World War III. She's good looking, though”for a Hail Mary.
Now I'm way OT.
”HM

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Message 14 of 44 (479694)
08-29-2008 3:03 PM
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Re: My guess
Hoot Mon writes:
I wonder what it would be like to have a young mother of five, one of which a special-needs child, serve as POTUS during World War III.
She doesn't have to start W.W. III if the kids are too much of a handful.

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Message 15 of 44 (479708)
08-29-2008 5:30 PM
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08-29-2008 10:42 AM


The Time
He said it on the fourth but not of July.
Edited by lyx2no, : Typo

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