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This Week in Freudenfreude: The Farmer Is the Man

The original Populist Movement is among the more famous protest movements in American history, and "The Farmer Is the Man" was their unofficial theme song. Hence the headline for this item.

However, they are not the only famous protest movement in American history. Not even close, in fact. And consistent with the overall theme today, we thought we would highlight some of the other notable protest movements and protesters, and let readers see how well they know that important part of the nation's history. So, we've put together a 15-question (plus tiebreaker) visual quiz on that theme.

Note that, as is always the case with multiple choice, you're looking for the BEST answer, and not the "Well, you COULD make an argument" answer. And with that said, here goes:

1. What is being protested in this image, which documents events that took place on December 16, 1773?
   
   
   
   a. Merchants charging exorbitant prices for salt
   b. Taxes on tea
   c. An outbreak of diptheria, blamed (incorrectly) on tainted, imported spices
   d. "Immoral" tobacco
   
   
   
2. What is being protested by this flag, which was created in the year 1844?
   
   
   
   a. Catholic immigrants
   b. Chinese immigrants
   c. Communist immigrants
   d. Canadian immigrants
   
   
   
3. What is being protested by this newspaper, which began publication in 1831?
   
   
   
   a. Women's oppression
   b. Masonic influence in American culture
   c. Andrew Jackson (and, later, Jacksonian policies)
   d. Slavery
   
   
   
4. What is being protested in this image, which documents events that took place on April 2, 1863?
   
   
   
   a. The price of bread
   b. Native American raids on Southern cities
   c. The disputed New Orleans mayoral election
   d. The publication of the "pornographic" The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
   
   
   
5. What is being protested in this image, which documents events that took place on July 14, 1863?
   
   
   
   a. A tax on wool and wool clothing (essential for winter, in that era)
   b. The military draft
   c. Unsafe drinking water
   d. A ban on firearms within the city limits of New York City
   
   
   
6. What is being protested in this image, which documents events that took place on July 6, 1892?
   
   
   
   a. The damage wrought by the Johnstown Flood
   b. Immigration
   c. Wages for steel workers
   d. A tax on whiskey
   
   
   
7. What are the women protesting for, in this photo taken on January 26, 1917?
   
   
   
   a. Child labor laws
   b. Women's suffrage
   c. The outlawing of gender-segregated universities
   d. Temperance
   
   
   
8. What are the people protesting for, in this photo taken on August 28, 1963?
   
   
   
   a. Jobs and freedom
   b. Law and order
   c. Fairness and equality
   d. Peace and prosperity
   
   
   
9. This headline, from June 21, 1967, was the result of a protest against what?
   
   
   
   a. Segregation
   b. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
   c. The criminalization of marijuana
   d. The Vietnam War
   
   
   
10. What is being protested, in this photo taken on April 22, 1970?
    
    
    
    a. The damage done to the environment by mankind
    b. Chicago's infamous "Flower Law" (repealed soon after)
    c. The meltdown at Three Mile Island
    d. The use of chemical weapons, especially Agent Orange, in Vietnam
    
    
    
11. What triggered this protest, in this photo taken on January 22, 1973?
    
    
    
    a. The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade
    b. The Supreme Court's lifting the national moratorium on the death penalty
    c. The United States' final withdrawal from Vietnam
    d. The successful test of the "Castle Bravo" nuclear bomb
    
    
    
12. What are the people protesting for, in this photo taken on June 28, 1978?
    
    
    
    a. Funding for public transportation
    b. Better healthcare for veterans
    c. Gay rights
    d. Ending discrimination in housing
    
    
    
13. What was being protested against, in this photo taken on September 12, 2016?
    
    
    
    a. Police brutality
    b. Donald Trump
    c. The "slave wages" paid to football players
    d. Poverty
    
    
    
14. What was being protested for, in this photo taken on March 24, 2018?
    
    
    
    a. Stronger vaccine requirements, particularly the COVID vaccine
    b. Forgiveness of student loans
    c. Stricter limits on abortion
    d. Better gun-control laws
    
    
    
15. This photo, taken on June 11, 2020, was part of protests that emerged in response to what?
    
    
    
    a. The Keystone XL Pipeline
    b. The death of George Floyd
    c. The publication of new history "standards" in Texas
    d. The renomination of Donald Trump at the 2020 RNC

And finally, a tiebreaker: The largest protest in U.S. history (by number of participants nationwide) that also included participation from the sitting president took place in what year?

You can register your answers here. We'll have the answers and results next week. (Z)