Franklin Roosevelt´s circle of reform-minded advisors known as the Brain Trust were generally
a. young university professors who were specialists in the law, economics, and welfare.
b. European immigrants who had helped develop welfare policies in their native lands.
c. defectors from the Hoover administration who wanted more vigorous government action.
d. his wife Eleanor´s colleagues from earlier progressive campaigns.
e. experienced civil servants with important administrative skills.
a
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a. a majority of Americans, having seen four years of Depression, doubted his promises for a New Deal b. many people sent telegrams or wrote to Roosevelt, as he conveyed his optimism as well as his program c. the economy took a turn for the better, as bankers reacted to the president's optimism d. the brief economic recovery that had started with the election came to a dramatic end
The followers of the Isma'ili branch of Shi'ism are best described as
a. philosophical esoterics who were often revolutionary in nature. b. those who recognized their founder as the twelfth imam. c. those who recognized the radical theocracy of the Nizari "assassins." d. None of these answers are correct.
Relative to men, women's wages between 1955 and 1980:
A) lost ground. B) stayed flat. C) rose for blacks and Hispanics but not for whites. D) showed that the glass ceiling had been broken.
Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?
a. Cyrus the Great b. Artaxerxes c. Cambyses d. Nebuchadnezzar II e. Solomon