The growth of the "Woodstock Generation" in the 1960s revealed that
a. many Americans were turning toward socialism.
b. there was no connection between social dissent and the counterculture.
c. hippies were usually from the poorest segments of American society.
d. a feeling of alienation existed within American society.
ANS: d
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The New Jersey Plan proposed by William Paterson sought to:
A) create a Congress with two houses. B) scrap the Articles of Confederation. C) establish a president who was elected by Congress. D) establish a federal judiciary. E) give each state equal representation in the legislature.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided
A. that the federal work programs would have to be continued indefinitely. B. that Social Security should be expanded to include agricultural and domestic laborers. C. that there should be a sharp increase in New Deal spending. D. that the federal government would never be able to end the Depression. E. that he should try to balance the federal budget.
During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government,
A. Republicans criticized his broad attacks on the Democratic Party. B. he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist. C. Dwight Eisenhower spoke against him, after McCarthy attacked George Marshall in 1952. D. much of the public criticized his blunt tactics and coarse behavior. E. he drew particularly strong support from the "eastern establishment."
What best describes Woodrow Wilson's civil liberties record?
A. a few usages of an unconstitutional law, reserved only for major displays of dissent and treason B. an illegal and unconstitutional infringement of freedom of speech and political activity C. harsh in retrospect but not unusual for the era in which he served D. an unnecessary but legally approved repression on all displays of wartime dissent