Supporters of the eugenics movement believed which of the following?
A) The chronically ill should be mercifully killed.
B) Inferior races should be sterilized to prevent their proliferation.
C) Characte\r traits such as criminality and sexual immorality were inherited.
D) Congenial diseases could be cured by gene therapy.
C
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During the last five years of his life, King
a) found that he had less and less reason to protest and demonstrate. b) found that nonviolence was not as successful as fists and guns. c) found it more and more difficult to rally blacks and whites around clear-cut distinctions between segregation and integration. d) found that he had no support from the government after the assassination of Kennedy. e) had surprisingly little influence on the Civil Rights movement after delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech.
How did colonial politics compare with British politics?
a. Colonists tended to agree with the British that owning property was related to having the right to vote. b. Colonial politics was far more corrupt than British politics. c. Elections throughout the colonies were more hotly contested than British ones, with many different candidates and parties represented on the ballot. d. British politics were far more democratic.
The Federal Trade Commission Act
A. failed to give the government new powers to investigate corporate behavior. B. helped businesses increase their trade markets. C. created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government. D. encouraged industries to write basic "codes" governing prices, hours, and wages across the board. E. defined the standard for "unfair trade practices."
Charles A. Lindbergh became a celebrity in the 1920s when he
a. completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic. b. made the first blockbuster movie. c. challenged the failure of the two-party political system to represent the interests of ordinary people. d. organized a strike in the steel industry. e. ran for President.