Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Interstate Highway Act was significant?
A) It was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history.
B) It heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks.
C) It accelerated suburban growth.
D) It helped to homogenize the nation.
E) It reinvigorated central cities by making it easier for people to drive in to them.
E
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A) Hungary B) Germany C) France D) Russia
During the 1950s, ethnic Americans in general
A) constituted an increasingly greater percentage of the American population. B) tended to become less homogeneous with the rest of the American population. C) became more readily assimilated into American society. D) unlike most Americans, were influenced little by television.
Junzi
A. were Chinese priests who argued that Confucius's philosophy was too secular. B. were Confucian "superior individuals" who took an active role in public affairs. C. was the classic compilation of Daoist thought. D. was the honorific of the Qin emperor who united China for the first time. E. were the Confucian model of enlightened thinkers who withdrew from society.
In the second phase of the American Revolution, between early 1776 and early 1778, the fighting resulted in the British forces
a. being on the verge of total defeat b. doing very little, because they remained in their city fortresses c. achieving several important victories but failing to crush the Americans because of mistakes and blunders d. almost succeeding in achieving total victory. e. none of the above choices.