The gregarious New York politician who never took a political position if he could avoid doing so and who led a political machine known as the Albany Regency was
A) De Witt Clinton.
B) Martin Van Buren.
C) Thomas Hart Benton.
D) William Harris Crawford.
B
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What did writer Murray Kempton mean when he observed that Hollywood corrupted the Communists, not vice versa?
A. Hollywood served as the primary source of Communist thought in the United States in the 1940s. B. Communists became dangerous to the American public as a result of being in Hollywood. C. Communists in Hollywood were innocent of crime and posed no threat to national security. D. Communism posed a threat to Hollywood, but this threat did not extend beyond the entertainment industry.
President Reagan frequently said that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem" and believed instead that __________
A) New Deal and Great Society programs should be expanded B) the power of the executive should override that of Congress C) an unfettered free market would result in prosperity D) welfare and other social programs should be continued by the states
The domestication of horses, beginning in the Pontic-Caspian steppe, resulted in which of the following?
A. the development of the chariot B. the ability to herd larger quantities of animals C. an increase in the mobility of populations who mastered horseback riding D. All these answers are correct.
In response to the energy crisis in 1973-1974
a. Congress sanctioned the construction of the Alaskan pipeline. b. Congress enacted a fifty-five-mile-an-hour speed limit. c. agitation mounted to stiffen standards for clean air and water. d. Congress imposed a tax on imported oil. e. agitation mounted to use more coal and nuclear power.