To combat economic hard times, President Cleveland took a limited approach; he:
a. financed a public works program for the unemployed
b. sought to pass a law providing for government ownership of the railroads
c. refused to deal with international financiers
d. pressured Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
D
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What did Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover have in common?
a. All three were presidents from the Democratic party. b. All three presidents were raised in one of America's large cities. c. All three were conservatives who epitomized traditional American values. d. All three were involved in scandals while in office. e. All three strongly supported small business owners and labor unions.
The Pueblos were pushed to the point of revolt when the Spaniards began to
A) assault their religion by seizing their kivas. B) take more and more of their land. C) burn down their villages. D) use them as conscripted labor.
What was the most important black institution during the antislavery movement?
A) newspapers B) mutual aid societies C) labor organizations D) churches
At the core of the political deal made to convene the Estate General after 175 years was
a. the desire of the Third Estate to have its voice heard. b. Louis XVI's intention to further weaken the nobility. c. the intention of the nobility to weaken the crown. d. the resistance of the bourgeoisie to paying higher taxes. e. consensus that the experiment in absolutism had failed.