Which of the following was accomplished during the Eisenhower years?
a. Congress authorized construction of the interstate highway system.
b. Federal funding was provided for civilian aviation research.
c. The Amtrak system was created to centralize control over the nation's railroads.
d. Congress provided the first federal grants for construction of urban mass transit facilities.
a
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Which of these is the approach in which right and wrong are not set but variable from person to person?
a. liberalism b. positivism c. relativism d. skepticism
In the 1976 presidential election,
A. President Gerald Ford faced his stiffest opposition from moderate Republicans. B. the Democratic Party nominated the almost entirely unknown governor of Arkansas. C. the Democrats nominated a political novice. D. Ronald Reagan mounted a powerful challenge against President Ford. E. Gerald Ford won the popular vote but lost the election.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In 1994, Californians approved Proposition 187, which denied illegal immigrants and their children access to welfare, education, and health services. 2. The stock market boom of the late 1990s was fueled in part by high-level corporate fraud. 3. Between 2000 and 2002, the price of NASDAQ stocks fell by nearly 80 percent. 4. Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win reelection to the presidency since Franklin D. Roosevelt. 5. The largest one-day drop in stock prices in history occurred on April 14, 2000.
The U.S. promoted a rebuilding of the Japanese economy after the war:
A) to ensure that Japan would be part of the anti-Soviet bloc. B) so that Japanese consumers would buy American goods. C) to provide work for demobilized American soldiers. D) as Japan's reward for joining NATO.