What did the Obama administration accomplish that Democratic presidents since Harry Truman had wanted to achieve?
A) tax increases to alleviate the national deficit
B) a balanced federal budget
C) a comprehensive medical insurance program for all Americans
D) an operative isolationist foreign policy
E) tax cuts for wealthy Americans
Answer: C
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A) power of the federal government decreased B) rights and sovereignty of the states was promoted C) power of the federal government was expanded D) balance of power between states and the federal government remained unchanged
Andrew Young and the SCLC planned to exploit what in focusing on Selma and Montgomery in 1963?
A) Southern white sympathy for the movement B) media coverage of white violence C) Kennedy's concern with re-election D) intervention by the federal courts
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A. It was highly inflammatory. B. It was immediately suppressed by all reactionary governments for fear of spreading the revolutions. C. It was surreptitiously passed around to the radical underground. D. Its effect was minimal. E. It was dismissed by serious intellectuals.
Who briefly succeeded the Portuguese as the major suppliers of African slaves to English plantations in the 1640s?
a. the Dutch b. Spain c. the French d. None of these answers are correct.