Which country was the first to enact a comprehensive system of social legislation including insurance against illness, disability, accidents, and old age?
a. Bismarck's Germany
b. the French Third Republic
c. Disraeli's Britain
d. the United States
e. Victor Emmanuel's Italy
a
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President Franklin Roosevelt called his plan of reform and recovery the
A) Square Deal. B) New Deal. C) New Nationalism. D) New Era.
One of the worst massacres committed by white troops in the Indian Wars occurred in 1864 at
A) Medicine Lodge. B) Sand Creek. C) Fort Sully. D) Horse Creek.
Which of the following statements accurately describes railroads in the United States in 1860?
A) The United States had more track than the rest of the world combined. B) American railroads lacked government support and therefore lagged behind the rest of the world. C) Railroad owners faced financial difficulties because they could not compete with canals. D) The railroads brought about the decline of the once great city of Chicago. E) They had an international reputation for punctuality.
What was Bismarck's plan for ensuring German power and security on the European continent? How did world events and German actions after 1900 upend the European equilibrium that Bismarck had tried to maintain?
What will be an ideal response?