The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
A. a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.
B. praise for the "rugged individualism" of American business.
C. the grasping materialism of most Americans.
D. a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
E. the cultural backwardness of small towns in America.
D
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a. Epicureanism. b. Stoicism. c. Hellenism. d. Euphemism. e. Zoroastrianism.
What did war correspondent Ernie Pyle imply when he stated that "In Europe, we felt that our enemies, horrible and deadly as they were, were still people, but out here [in the Pacific Theater] I soon gathered that the Japanese were looked upon…
the way some people feel about cockroaches and mice"? A) German belligerents were considered to be more inhumane than the Japanese. B) Americans viewed the Japanese as subhuman and repulsive when compared to the Germans. C) German and Japanese soldiers were equally seen as being evil enemies. D) Americans felt that the Japanese were weaker and more humane than their German enemies.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.