1. What former president said, "Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

• Thomas Jefferson
  
• James Madison
  
• Abraham Lincoln
  
• Herbert Hoover
  
• Ronald Reagan
  

2. True or False: President Clinton earned the nickname "The Comeback Kid" by overcoming a 16-point deficit in the polls to win election over former President George Bush.

• True
  
• False Clinton got the label after rebounding from the Gennifer Flowers scandal, which sent his polling numbers plunging, to finish second in the 1992 New Hampshire Democratic primary.

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