The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was created to fix America's struggling economy by doing all of the following EXCEPT
A) using federal spending to increase the nation's infrastructure.
B) using federal spending to help create more jobs and alleviate the burden of growing unemployment.
C) using federal spending to help kick-start the nation's struggling economy by "priming the pump."
D) using federal spending to pay off government debts and balance the federal budget.
Answer: D
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A. Most people in the African interior were little influenced by Europeans in the 1500s. B. The Portuguese took over the gold trade from Mwene Metapa in East African. C. The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town to supply its ships headed for the Spice Islands. D. The Boers were responsible for keeping other Europeans away from the Cape of Good Hope. E. England established a colony at Zimbabwe in the late 1600s.
Examine the intellectual world of the Romans. How did the Greeks influence the Romans? In what ways were they different?
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In 1902, Samuel S. McClure inadvertently began a journalistic revolution when he:
a. opened the first affordable school of journalism in New York City b. refused advertising, so he could investigate companies without risking conflict of interest c. began using talented writers and reporters to investigate important aspects of American life d. created a glossy magazine for business executives
The public generally liked popular sovereignty because it
a. offered a way to stop the spread of slavery without attacking slaveholders. b. fit with the democratic tradition of self-determination. c. provided a national solution to the problem of slavery. d. would speed the entry of new states into the Union. e. upheld the principles of white supremacy.