In his 1960 book The Conscience of a Conservative, Republican Senator Barry Goldwater wrote that government should __________
A) interfere less in the lives of people
B) raise taxes to fund more federal appropriations
C) inaugurate new federal programs to assist the poor
D) spend more money on current federal programs
A
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Who became the first female African American senator in 1992?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg B) Carol Mosley Braun C) Anita Hill D) Condoleeza Rice E) Sandra Day O'Connor
What activity in New Spain enabled Spain to become the richest nation in Europe and probably the world?
a. dominating the Canadian fur trade b. extracting silver from the land using slave labor c. conquered thousands of Spanish settlements d. capturing and herding buffalo to send back to Europe
In the early nineteenth century, school education was largely the responsibility of
A. individual parents. B. private institutions. C. the states. D. individual cities and towns. E. the federal government.
In what way did Theodore Roosevelt embody the concept of pragmatism?
A) In breaking the trusts and large corporations, he demonstrated that he believed in natural laws instead of actions. B) In deciding to run for a third term, he demonstrated a belief in the absolute truth of his right to the presidency. C) He approached problems not by applying an ideology, but in an ad hoc manner. D) In his conservation of wilderness in America, he demonstrated his belief in divine laws, meaning that God had given America the land to take care of. E) In his unequal treatment of African Americans, he demonstrated the pragmatic ability to be “tough-minded” in a world with no easy answers.