Shortly after America's official entry into the first world war, President Woodrow Wilson secretly confided to a friend his fear that
a. Germany would target the U.S. coastline
b. peace would be many years in the future.
c. the U.S. was not financially or militarily prepared for war.
d. a spirit of brutality would pervade national life.
e. his political opponents would use this against him during the next election.
d
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The Depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike turned the election of 1896 into a
a. battle between down-and-out workers and farmers, and establishment conservatives. b. conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties. c. sectional conflict with the Midwest and West aligned against the Northeast and South. d. contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States. e. "culture war" between the values of ordinary middle-class Americans and European-influenced radicals and anarchists.
The first European nation to establish a global trading empire was
A) France. B) Spain. C) Portugal. D) Britain. E) Holland.
All of the following were characteristics of Henry Clay's election campaign of 1832 except
a. overconfidence of his campaign and the National Republicans. b. a hefty and ample campaign chest of $50,000. c. a substantial advantage over President Andrew Jackson in political support from the West and the South. d. he had strong newspaper backing. e. he lost both the popular vote and the Electoral vote.
In the 1840s, regional critics of President James K. Polk claimed his policies favored the
A. West. B. Northwest. C. South. D. East. E. North.