Which one of the following was NOT damaging to the continuation of the New Deal?
A) President Roosevelt's plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court
B) federal spending cutbacks in 1937
C) President Roosevelt's attempt to "purge" southern Democrats in the 1938 congressional elections
D) the Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of the Wagner Act
D
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Economic change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries transformed the character of city governments by
A) increasing the power of privileged landed families. B) eliminating guild control of many cities. C) tying town interests more closely to royal interests. D) changing the character of town councils from commercial interests to landed wealth. E) All of the above.
According to historian Frederick Merk, why were most Americans opposed to adding all of Mexico to the United States?
a. They felt that adding all of Mexico would make it too difficult to govern the United States. b. They believed that the United States had already reached its natural boundaries. c. They were opposed to the spread of slavery. d. They believed only white people should be added to the United States for reasons of race.
What was the primary motivation for the passage of the Social Security Act?
A) a belief that people ought to help themselves and to take responsibility for their own economic situations B) a desire to fend off Republican challenges to Democratic policies and ensure FDR would be reelected C) a belief that all American citizens ought to equally enjoy the fruits of industrial society D) general fear that radical elements within American society would gain power if discontent among the poor, elderly, and dispossessed were not remedied E) a sense of duty to ensure that all of America's citizens-especially the elderly, handicapped, and unemployed-would be adequately provided for
In his first run for the U.S. Senate, McCarthy's greatest asset was his
a) honorable military career. b) anticommunist stance. c) personal appeal as the "all-American boy." d) important political connections. e) weak and unpopular opponents.