Lyndon Johnson received conflicting advice from his advisers about whether to escalate American involvement in Vietnam
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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All of the following beliefs were held and manifested in the Shaker community EXCEPT
A) strict celibacy by all members. B) equal participation by men and women in lively music and dance designed to shake sin out of their bodies. C) a commitment to make things of beauty including Shaker furniture, houses, and art, all of which were owned in common, not individually. D) a refusal to accept new members as converts.
Discuss the characteristics of American politics and of the two major political parties during the Gilded Age.
What will be an ideal response?
Why did James Madison agree to draft what became known as the Bill of Rights?
A) He wanted to ensure that the states remained more powerful than the federal government. B) He was eager to amend what he saw as flaws in the Constitution. C) He was concerned that the federal government would overrun individual rights. D) He wanted to appease Anti-Federalists still suspicious of the government. E) He believed that drafting the amendments would further the Republican cause.
The fundamental problem in Austria-Hungary in the eve of World War I was
a. uneven industrialization with Bohemia and Lower Austria far more advanced than the rest the empire. b. the continuing tension between the two halves of the Empire. c. a brewing nationalism among most of its Slavic peoples. d. the genetically handicapped Hapsburg dynasty and the subordination of the empire to Germany. e. a gnawing fatalism progressively diffusing through Austrian society.