How did Joseph Pulitzer revolutionize journalism?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: He felt newspapers should target the masses; the news read like a soap opera instead of being neutral and unbiased. He used lurid stories; exaggerated headlines and made-up details to arouse readers. His tactics were copied: most successfully by William Randolph Hearst.
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A) 10 percent B) 25 percent C) 30 percent D) 60 percent
Which of the following statements describes Radical Reconstruction?
a. It aimed to reform the South and increase federal power. b. It demonstrated that even Radical Republicans would sacrifice the rights of freed slaves. c. The program gave each freed slave forty acres of land and a mule. d. There was no way the South could have avoided the institution of Radical Reconstruction.
The Treaty of________, signed in 1259, momentarily settled the dispute between France and England
A. London B. Newcastle C. Paris D. Geneva E. Versailles
When Roosevelt died, he was succeeded by which of the following?
A) Thomas Dewey B) Harry S. Truman C) George Marshall D) Dwight Eisenhower