During the Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite was
A) the Secretary of Defense.
B) a CBS-TV news anchor.
C) an advisor to the President.
D) an Army general.
E) a political cartoonist.
B
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The League of Augsburg was a(n)
a. offensive alliance against Louis XIV by Great Britain. b. arrangement between the Catholic Church and the King of France to destroy the Huguenots. c. defensive alliance against Louis XIV. d. international agreement that helped France gain control of Spanish territory.
The decline of the Whig party in the 1850s largely happened because
A) the party introduced a policy of low tariffs at a time when most Americans favored a high protective tariff. B) of an internal, north-south split over the slavery issue. C) the party supported unlimited immigration and lost popularity among urban workers. D) the party became too closely identified with the nation's radical abolitionist faction. E) the party did not have a large enough free soil wing to attract Americans who wanted to move west.
Which statement concerning the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is true?
A) It was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress over President Clinton's veto. B) It generally followed principles favored by liberals since the days of the New Deal. C) It ended all welfare payments to adults within one year after its passage. D) It limited welfare payments for most recipients to two years with a five-year lifetime cap. E) It provided the largest increase in welfare benefits since the New Deal.
According to Rudyard Kipling, Americans had a duty to
a. end the exploitive system of imperialism. b. respect the cultures of Africa and Asia. c. not follow in the footsteps of imperialistic Great Britain. d. take on the responsibility of abolitionists and abolish slavery in Africa and Asia. e. carry on where the British left off in taking, "...up the White Man's Burden."