Richard Nixon's legislation guaranteeing that Social Security raises would be indexed to guarantee against inflation
a. enabled the Republican party to gain ownership of the Social Security issue over the Democrats.
b. was economically supported by an increase in Social Security taxes.
c. actually contributed to increased inflation in the 1970s.
d. was an exception to Nixon's general hostility to Social Security.
e. was rejected by Congress as too expensive for the U.S. government to afford.
c
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a. merchants b. investors c. economists d. cartels
How did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1877 try to “civilize” Native Americans?
A) by turning them into landowning ranchers and farmers B) by making public education compulsory on reservations C) by threatening to exterminate Indians if they refused to adopt white culture D) by sending Christian missionaries to convert Indians E) by arranging for their children to be fostered out to white families
Truman authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japan, in part, to:
A) intimidate Stalin and assure post-war American dominance. B) warn Germany that they, too, would face atomic attack if they did not surrender. C) kill as many Japanese as possible to punish them for war crimes. D) induce Japan to negotiate terms of surrender.
As a result of England's Glorious Revolution
a. the Dominion of the New World collapsed. b. Sir Edmund Andros gained control over Massachusetts. c. Massachusetts regained its original charter. d. opposition to English rule in the colonies subsided. e. James II regained his legitimate right to the crown.