At the end of the twentieth century, half the world's population was living in settlements of
a. 20,000 or more.
b. 35,000 or more.
c. 50,000 or more.
d. 100,000 or more.
a
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The primary focus of the Committee on Public Information was
A) serving as the government's pro-war propaganda machine. B) serving as the military's means of communicating with the public. C) regulating the flow of intelligence through the military and government. D) informing the public about corruption in the war industries. E) informing the public about the spread of Spanish influenza.
By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately
a. three out of four (75 percent). b. one out of four (25 percent). c. half (50 percent). d. one out of ten (10 percent). e. four out of ten (40 percent).
"John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it." This quotation was most likely spoken by which of the following Presidents?
a. George Washington b. Thomas Jefferson c. James Monroe d. Andrew Jackson e. Abraham Lincoln
The Compromise of 1820 was a failure because
a. Missouri entered the Union a free state b. it failed to settle the question of slavery once and for all c. it convinced Southerners they had no reason to fear a Northern attack on the continuation of slavery d. it established the unconstitutional principle of popular sovereignty e. it set up a formula of free and slave states that could not be achieved