Discuss the essence of Eisenhower's "dynamic conservatism."
What will be an ideal response?
Better students will point out that while it meant cutting back federal power and balancing the budget, Eisenhower still projected the power of the federal government, and there was no "rollback" of the New Deal reforms. Good students will point out that the federal government spent money in other ways. Investments in education, resulting from Sputnik, and the construction of the interstate highway system are two obvious examples that most students will identify.
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? The Pequot War of 1637 resulted in
A. the abolition of Indian "praying towns." B. the virtual annihilation of the Pequots. C. four decades of uneasy peace between the Puritans and the Indians. D. praise for the colonists from people in England for having dealt effectively with the Indians. E. better relations with the remaining Indians.
Emma Willard played an important role in education reform in the 1820s and 1830s by
A) reforming state standards for public education in Massachusetts. B) obtaining more money for schools and teacher salaries in New York. C) founding the Troy Female Seminary in 1821 to prepare women to be teachers through a rigorous curriculum that included courses on how to teach. D) becoming one of the few notable Roman Catholics to support creation of a public school system.
What was the only serious institutional rival to Mussolini's Fascist program?
What will be an ideal response?
What is the central spiritual appeal of Islam?
A) The stress on the oneness of God B) The focus on family C) The closeness of God to mortal man D) Eternal paradise E) In faith they are one