Why did Truman veto the Taft-Hartley Act?
a. He hated the bill.
b. He wanted to cement the organized labor vote.
c. He wanted a provision that would allow the president to force strikers back to work.
d. He considered labor relations an issue for state governments to handle.
B
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Considering Alexander's military campaigns and his reputation for heroic ferocity, one might conclude that
A) Alexander was more calculating and careful than his reputation suggests. B) Alexander's reckless behavior justified his reputation. C) Alexander won his empire by luck rather than skill. D) his reputation was the result of propaganda rather than facts. E) he died too young to leave a lasting legacy.
The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who
a. had been taken to live in Kansas. b. was suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory. c. sued for his wife's freedom on the grounds that she had been married to a free black. d. had been freed by his master and who challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. e. wished to exercise his right to vote.
By the 1870s, Europeans were
a. abandoning free trade and adopting tariffs. b. abandoning tariffs in favor of free trade. c. adopting free trade but abandoning laissez-faire. d. abandoning capitalism in favor of socialism. e. looking to Russia as the industrial model to emulate.
In 2001, convinced that it harbored Al Qaeda terrorists, NATO, led by the United States, attacked
A. Iran. B. Syria. C. Libya. D. Afghanistan. E. Iraq.