The Medicare program, enacted in 1965, provided insurance against medical and hospital bills for __________________.
A. Vietnam veterans
B. ethnic minorities
C. the elderly
D. welfare recipients
Answer: C
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What methods were often used by unions to achieve their goals?
A) lockouts and government troops to protect workers B) firing managers and using industrial psychology C) strikes, leading to negotiations D) buying out factory owners and boycotting products E) hiring other workers to take their place and striking
Legal devices whereby the affairs of several rival companies were managed by a single director are called
What will be an ideal response?
Based on their work at Hull House, Jane Addams and Florence Kelley articulated the core Progressive belief that
A) collective bargaining and strikes were the most effective means of obtaining rights for workers. B) the nationalization of industry would be the key to improving working-class lives. C) the environment played an important role in shaping the lives of the poor. D) people were personally responsible for the conditions in which they lived. E) religious faith could effect more change than could practical reforms.
In August of 1914, as war began in Europe, most Americans
a. felt that America should maintain a neutral role in the conflict. b. believed that the US government should fund England's war effort. c. called for direct American military involvement on the Western front. d. protested against President Wilson's decision to send troops.