The chapter introduction relates the story of the "World's Columbian Exposition" to make the point that
A. American society and the world had been transformed by the industrial revolution.
B. by the 1890s, politicians from the South and the West were winning national office more regularly than easterners.
C. a political revolution in the 1890s undermined the long-standing power of the Republican party.
D. the 1890s marked a return to a more stable political and social order after the upheavals of the previous two decades.
Answer: A
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A. His campaign began to target popular figures in the mass media as being communists. B. His attacks on potential communists began to extend into the Republican Party. C. He started to accuse prominent religious leaders of being secret communists. D. He began accusing members of the military of supporting communism.
Herbert Hoover favored __________
A) high taxes on the very wealthy B) eliminating the income tax C) social welfare programs for the poor D) strict regulation of industry
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A) All of these choices are correct B) reinforced ethnic and racial stereotypes C) made fun of relationships between men and women D) made fun of political and military leaders
The Song bureaucrat Wang Anshi believed in
a. a Daoist government that did little and left things to individuals. b. a socially responsible government that gave cheap loans to farmers and used progressive taxation. c. idealizing ancient Confucian ethics and philosophy. d. making sure that potential government workers excelled in calligraphy and poetry.