Which of the following was NOT a tax measure used by the U.S. Congress to help finance the war?
A) A graduated income tax
B) Stamp taxes
C) Creation of the Internal Revenue Service
D) Sin taxes on sales of tobacco and alcohol
E) A 10 percent income tax for all citizens
E
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The American Party of the mid-1850s (the Know-Nothings) drew its primary support from those who feared:
A. Abolitionism B. Foreigners C. Possible civil war D. Uncontrolled industrialization
Patrick Henry uttered the famous phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In countries that militarized large portions of the population and developed large and powerful armed forces, the armies became
a. deeply conservative and opposed to change. b. revolutionary and overthrew the existing political regimes. c. a vehicle that led most often to civil war. d. agents of independence and modernization in some cases.
"Labor peace" was the term used to describe __________
A) workers agreeing not to strike so that they might work productively for the war effort B) the socialist union workers who were laboring or working for peace and against the war effort C) workers striking for improved working conditions and pay in a more peaceful manner than in the past D) the more peaceful factory environment that women and blacks created as belligerent white men went off to war E) an alliance of government, business, and labor that benefited government and business interests, leaving labor longing for a return to peace and more normal working conditions