William Graham Sumner is best known for:
A) coining the term "conspicuous consumption."
B) promoting social Darwinism.
C) attacking Standard Oil in a muckraking book.
D) developing the department store.
Answer: B
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A) nurturing B) community-centered C) self-reliant D) conformity-minded
Why were the Pentagon Papers controversial?
A. They implicated the United States in lies and propaganda regarding the Vietnam War. B. They revealed undisclosed peace terms with the North Vietnamese government. C. They contained details regarding the My Lai massacre. D. They contained information regarding President Nixon's actions in the Watergate break-in cover-up.
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A) Great emphasis was placed on literacy and education. B) Being literate made one qualified to serve the royal state bureaucracy. C) Literacy was rare and the ability to read and write carried prestige. D) Literacy was judged by one's ability to read oracle bones. E) To be considered literate, a student had to memorize 5000 logographs.
A typical U.S. soldier in Vietnam would be
A. very poorly educated. B. a son of blue-collar America. C. in his mid-twenties. D. college educated.