Issue 42: March 2017 Edition

1. The Peace Corps, which sends American volunteers to help developing countries, was established on March 1 during which American president’s first year in office?
1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Lyndon Johnson
4. Richard Nixon

2. On March 4, 1789, the first meeting of Congress under the new U.S. Constitution took place in which city?
1. Washington
2. Boston 
3. Philadelphia
4. New York  

3. On March 23, 1775, which patriot ignited the American Revolution with a speech that included the phrase, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
1.Patrick Henry
2. Samuel Adams
3. Nathan Hale
4. John Jay

4. Amid a steadily worsening economic situation, which newly-elected president proclaimed a four-day “Bank Holiday” on March 4, 1933 to stop panic withdrawals.
1. Herbert Hoover 
2. Calvin Coolidge
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Harry S. Truman