The Eisenhower-promoted public works project that was far larger and more expensive than anything in Roosevelt's New Deal was the
a. interstate highway system.
b. Grand Coulee dam project.
c. urban public subway and light rail project.
d. airport construction program.
e. public housing system.
a
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In 1883, the Supreme Court set back the cause of blacks' civil rights by __________
A) declaring the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional B) offering a narrow interpretation of the Fifteenth Amendment C) affirming the ruling in the Dred Scott case D) ruling that convict-lease programs were constitutional
The first state to pass an ordinance of secession was
A) ?Georgia. B) ?South Carolina. C) ?Mississippi. D) ?North Carolina. E) ?Florida.
Despite some economic benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists generally disliked it because it
a. forced the South into a one-crop economy. b. favored the northern over the southern colonies. c. required American colonists to display a measure of economic initiative and self-sufficiency as they were unable to demonstrate trading in international economic markets. d. stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors. e. forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.
The most important trend in public education during the progressive era was __________.
A. making college attendance almost universal B. expansion and bureaucratization of school systems C. a strict concentration on basic grammar school skills D. respecting the cultural diversity of students