Which phrase best describes Sir Francis Drake?
a. A "sea dog" who plundered the treasure ships returning from Spanish colonies in the Americas
b. The founder of a colony in Newfoundland
c. The merchant who established the first American colony in Jamestown
d. The first explorer to circumnavigate the world
e. The adventurer whose colony at Roanoke Island mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s
a
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by
A) raising farm production by subsidizing farm exports. B) raising prices by reducing agricultural production. C) increasing farm income by inflating the currency. D) All of the above.
Fascism seemed to offer
a. action as opposed to endless and useless debate. b. a unity, community, of all classes as opposed to class conflict. c. decisiveness as opposed to the burden and futility of each person thinking for himself. d. preservation of traditional values such family, native soil, and nation as opposed to modernism and cosmopolitanism. e. all of the above
Abraham Lincoln, in his younger days,
A. lived in a log cabin. B. memorized the entire Illinois Statutes of the law. C. worked on flatboats. D. learned to use biblical phrases and metaphors in his speaking. E. All of the above
In 1917, automobile production in the United States
A. saw Charles and Frank Duryea build the first practical gasoline-powered car. B. was the nation's largest industry. C. finally became feasible thanks to the innovations of Henry Ford. D. was almost nonexistent. E. saw nearly five million cars on American roads.