What was the ultimate goal of the National Recovery Administration (NRA)?
A) to significantly increase government spending
B) to lower prices and increase production
C) to stabilize the economy through government planning
D) to break up the giant corporations
C
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Which of these played an important role in the everyday lives of the people of the Byzantine Empire?
A) monasteries B) mosques C) Ka'aba D) Ramadan
What assumption informs this political cartoon?
A) that all illegal aliens work in restaurant kitchens B) that the low wages of immigrants help the American economy C) that immigrants are ignorant of the workings of the U.S. government D) that the wealthy oppose both legal and illegal immigration E) that most Americans have no idea where illegal aliens actually work
Which of the following statements best describes the Mahdiyya?
A) A rebellion that combined national resistance to foreign rule and fundamentalist reaction against innovations. B) A jihad to purge Islam of Sufis, Shi'ites, and others who believed innovations were causing the decline of Islam. C) The enforcers of obedience who maintained moral order. D) A movement that destroyed objectionable innovations including the Prophet Muhammad's grave marker. E) A movement to return Islam to the time of intellectual inquiry and study of sciences.
How did Stephen Douglas's Compromise of 1850 differ from the earlier version proposed by Henry Clay in his omnibus bill?
A) Douglas removed any references to the Wilmot Proviso with regard to the issue of California and New Mexico statehood. B) Douglas added a provision that banned the slave trade in the nation's capital. C) Douglas broke up Clay's bill into five separate pieces of legislation that were approved separately. D) Douglas decided to let the Republic of Texas keeps its disputed territory on its western border with New Mexico.