Through such devices as the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, progressive reformers hoped to
a. reduce the power of government.
b. use the common-sense ideas of ordinary working people to solve the problems of urban America.
c. create a government whose response to the will of the people was completely spontaneous.
d. replace the favoritism of the boss system with rational, accountable management chosen by responsiblevoters.
d
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Southern yeomen farmers who migrated into the area west of the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century wanted to:
A. Take advantage of the expanding market economy by becoming commercial farmers B. Establish a nonslaveholding agrarian society C. Take advantage of the lucrative fur trade in the region D. Acquire rich, fertile farmland
Which identifies a key reason for why Cortés was able to conquer Montezuma, the Aztec emperor?
a. Montezuma's unarmored horsemen were unable to fight the armored horses that Cortés brought with him. b. Cortés convinced the Aztecs to fight against their own corrupt leader, Montezuma. c. Cortés and his men overwhelmingly outnumbered the Aztecs. d. Cortés was able to recruit thousands of nearby Native Americans who helped him defeat Montezuma. e. Montezuma believed that the Spaniards were gods and did not resist them at first.
Which Western leader pursued the most independent course as far as diverging from US policy toward the Soviet Union?
A) Charles de Gaulle B) Konrad Adenauer C) Alcide de Gasperi D) Harold Macmillan E) Winston Churchill
Which of the following best supports Critchlow's assertion about the Republican Party?
(A) the end of the cold war (B) the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan as president (C) the continued expansion of great society programs (D) the political scandals under Richard Nixon's administration in the 1970s