THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Question
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In a speech, Calvin Coolidge said, “The chief business of the American people is ____ “
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prosperity
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making cars
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business
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It was spoken during an address President Calvin Coolidge gave to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 1925.
Detailed explanation-2: -An apocryphal story has it that a person seated next to him at a dinner said to him, “I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you.” He replied, “You lose.” However, on April 22, 1924, Coolidge himself said that the “You lose” quotation never occurred.
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