The Social Security Act __________
A) originally provided free health care for retired citizens
B) showed the inability of FDR to create a consensus between opposing interests
C) was exactly like health and retirement plans in European nations
D) established federal responsibility in providing social welfare
Answer: D
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. a restrictive foreign policy b. territorial development over expansion c. narrowing and consolidation of the economy d. technological progress e. appraisal of American values
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A) that it was a vital contributor to the South's economic growth B) that slavery was a necessary evil C) that it was an eccentric and unsavory southern custom D) that slavery does not pose a moral issue since it can trace its history to the Bible E) that blacks should have full equality
Entry into the Tang government's bureaucratic service was possible only after:
a. Demonstrating military skill against a veteran soldier. b. The death of one's father, who had served in that capacity. c. The candidate's rejection of Mencius' well-field system as an ideal goal. d. Passing a series of examinations.