During Ronald Reagan's presidency
A) the federal deficit nearly tripled to more than $2 trillion.
B) military expenditures were reduced by more than 50 percent.
C) welfare programs expanded.
D) the rate of inflation nearly doubled.
Answer: A
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A) Imported guns destabilized African states, making some states dependent on the slave trade. B) Without guns the slave trade would have disappeared from Africa. C) Purchasing guns became more motivating than selling slaves. D) Slave-trading states inevitably dominated states that did not trade with Westerners.
Jefferson's position in the cabinet put him in charge of all of the following EXCEPT:
A) public lands. B) diplomatic relations. C) patents and copyrights. D) the census. E) the delivery of mail.
Which of the following is NOT true of the American economy when Kennedy took office?
A. Most Americans enjoyed a higher standard of living than their European counterparts. B. Poverty rates had been steadily declining. C. African Americans endured the highest poverty rate of all minorities. D. Poverty had become a mostly urban phenomenon.
Which of the following people would most likely have agreed with this statement?: “If a worker sticks up his head, hit it.”
a) Henry Clay Frick b) Eugene V. Debs c) Terence V. Powderly d) Samuel Gompers