What do these photographs of the 1960 presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy pictured with their families reveal about the American public in the postwar era?
A) its tendency to pry into the lives of others
B) its distrust of politicians
C) its emphasis on idealized family life
D) its obsession with celebrity life
C
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The president broke the Pullman strike on grounds that it ________
A) had exposed the United States to foreign invasion B) had interfered with the collection of taxes C) had raised the possibility of open class warfare D) had obstructed the delivery of the mail E) had forced wealthy travelers to ride in ordinary passenger cars
How does the image of poverty in Dorothea Lange's photograph "Breadline" compare with that in Reginald Marsh's drawing Bread Line—No One Has Starved?
A) Only Marsh's drawing portrays the impulse toward collective action. B) Both portray the anger of the poor. C) Only Lange's photograph portrays true hunger. D) Only Lange's photograph portrays some hope for the poor. E) Both portray the isolation of the poor.
American colonial possessions of which country formed a huge "crescent"?
A. France B. Spain C. England D. Russia
In the 1992 election, Republicans __________
A) called for a renewal of the Cold War B) embraced aspects of the liberal reform agenda C) attacked permissiveness in American society D) repudiated the politics of cultural division