Statistics for Embarrassing Chapters in US History, Part 3

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This presidential candidate is accused of being a Muslim who pals around with terrorists and a Kenyan with a forged birth certificate among other things, and has his early work as a community organizer repeatedly disparaged.	Barack Obama	96%
This oft-celebrated US president brings the entire world to the brink of annihilation in 1962.	John F Kennedy	91%
Joseph Smith and tens of thousands of followers establish this church in the 19th century.	Mormon	91%
As a result, near 50,000 people are forcibly relocated west. Thousands perish en route. Their journey becomes known as this.	Trail of Tears	89%
After appearing to win the Tour de France multiple times this man is found guilty of cheating.	Lance Armstrong	88%
In 1830 this president signs the Indian Removal Act.	Andrew Jackson	83%
Racist laws passed from 1876 to 1965 in various states establish segregation, prohibit miscegneation, and restrict voting rights and collectively come to be known as this.	Jim Crow	82%
Starting in 1979, 66 Americans are held hostage in this country for 444 days. Rescue attempts end in debacle.	Iran	80%
Some sects of the above religion still practice this form of marriage, illegally, to this day.	Polygyny	79%
In 1954, to differentiate Americans from godless Communists, Congress adds these two words to the Pledge of Allegiance.	Under God	75%
In a 2005 survey of 34 "Western" countries, only people from Turkey are found to be less accepting of this established scientific Theory.	Evolution	68%
This self-obsessed douche gains cult hero status after irreponsibly dissemenating classified information in the 2010s.	Bradley Manning or Edward Snowden	66%
Following the acquittal in 1992 of LAPD officers who brutally beat this man, riots break out resulting in 53 deaths and a billion dollars in property damage.	Rodney King	65%
909 followers of this crazy person commit mass suicide in 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced FlavorAid.	Jim Jones	57%
Two years later the official motto of the country is changed to this.	In God We Trust	55%
This science fiction author incorporates the Church of Scientology in 1953.	L Ron Hubbard	47%
In 1993 two special forces helicopters are shot down in this country. 18 Americans are killed.	Somalia	46%
This man in 2013 is acquitted on all charges after stalking and killing an unarmed teenager, citing Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.	George Zimmerman	32%
Southern Democrats furious over their party's support of civil rights legislation break away and form this, their own party, in 1948.	Dixiecrat	29%
Subsequently, to capitalize on racists' disillusionment with Democrats, Republicans in the 60s adopt this strategy to gain their favor.	"Southern Strategy"	22%
This popular TV personality claims the Haitian earthquake of 2010 was caused by the Haitians' pact with the devil. It's not the worst thing he's ever said, yet he's still on TV.	Pat Robertson	16%