In an attempt to prevent the collapse of the U.S. financial system, Congress passed, and President Bush signed into law, _______________________.
A. the Federal Housing and Banking Authority Program
B. the National Banking Recovery Act
C. the Reconstruction Finance Act
D. the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Answer: D
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Which of the following people was the only one to attend all three of the wartime conferences held during World War II?
A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Winston Churchill C) Josef Stalin D) Clement Atlee
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged settlement in western lands because it
A. made land extremely affordable to those who would make improvements upon it. B. gave away 160-acre lots of land to settlers who promised not to bring slaves. C. made land available for purchase at only $125 an acre. D. provided a modest stipend for seed and farming equipment.
Why was Russia the only major belligerent power to experience a revolution during the war? Was the collapse of the imperial government in Germany at all similar? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
What role did European Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Montesquieu play in the formation of the United States government?
A) The United States Constitution was Locke's theory of a social contract come to fruition, as well as the realization of Montesquieu's separation of powers into three branches of government. B) The Enlightened thinkers had limited influence on the governmental process in America, as it was too difficult to implement theory into reality. C) The power sharing ideals of Enlightenment thinkers were reviewed and used more as theoretical construct around which only pieces of the American government were formed. D) The Americans took these queues from the British and their Bill of Rights, which is Enlightenment based. E) None of these