For a poor shoemaker like Ebenezer MacIntosh of Boston, the wars of the latter eighteenth century
A) destroyed his faith in democratic government.
B) imposed economic hardships and deprivation.
C) had little impact or significance.
D) offered an opportunity for economic gain.
Answer: D
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In the most general sense, President Wilson decided in favor of American entry into the First World War for which of the following reasons?
A. The German-Mexican alliance threatened the security of the United States. B. American munitions manufacturers pushed him in that direction. C. He wanted a peace fashioned in accordance with Wilsonian, and thus American, ideals. D. He wanted to acquire a colonial empire for the United States.
The most remarkable aspect of television during the 1950s was how
A. quickly Westerns became the most popular genre. B. it did not appeal to most young people, only adults. C. it did not rely on standard formats and genres. D. quickly it became a mass medium.
Thoreau's act of civil disobedience attracted little attention in the 1840s but has inspired numerous activists since his imprisonment
A) True B) False
One of President Reagan's first achievements was to get Congress to enact:
a) the Defense Reorganization Act of 1981, which provided for a 50% increase in big-ticket missiles and planes b) the Economic Recovery Act of 1981, which included a 25% cut in personal income taxes over three years c) the Tax Reduction Act of 1981, which mandated a 40% cut in income taxes over a five-year period d) the Tax Redistribution Act of 1981, which reduced corporate taxes while raising individual tax rates