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US political convention history: How much do you know?

Every four years, Republicans and Democrats gather to formally nominate their party's candidates for President and Vice President. Test your knowledge of US political convention history by taking this Monitor quiz.

9. What else was the 1924 Democratic convention in New York notable for?

Mary Knox Merrill / The Christian Science Monitor
Balloons and confetti fall after Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain addresses the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN, September 4, 2008.

It was the longest convention in US history.

It was the first one, along with the Republican convention that year, to be broadcast over radio.

It was the first one to consider nominating a woman for vice president.

All of the above.

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