Discuss President Ford's role as a "caretaker" president and evaluate his overall success
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Ford was unpretentious and declared he was "a Ford, not a Lincoln." He initially restored faith in government but dashed it by pardoning Nixon. He opposed liberal advances, faced severe economic difficulties as inflation and unemployment increased, and clashed with a Democratic Congress that overrode his vetoes on bills.
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The purpose of the 21st Amendment, enacted in December 1933, was to
A) repeal the Prohibition Amendment. B) give women the right to vote. C) enlarge the size of the Supreme Court. D) outlaw discrimination in federal hiring. E) change the date of the presidential inauguration from March to January.
An important consequence of Coronado's expedition was that:
A) Spain established agricultural settlements in the Southwest. B) Spanish cattle herders settled in Colorado. C) Spain lost interest in settling the Southwest for fifty years. D) poor Spanish peasants were encouraged to settle in the Southwest.
In the Ottoman system, the administrative unit of each religious minority was called a
a. millet. b. vezier. c. janissary. d. sipahis e. devshirme.
During the Revolutionary War, the Iroquois Confederacy was united in its allegiance to Great Britain.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)