The Populist Party platform, endorsed at its Omaha convention in 1892, included which of the following?
A) limited coinage of silver and gold
B) the abolition of the income tax
C) government ownership of railroad companies
D) a temperance amendment to the Constitution
Answer: C
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European music in the later eighteenth century is best associated with
A) Haydn and Mozart, who shifted the musical center from Italy and Germany to the Austrian Empire. B) Handel, the most religiously inspired of the period's composers. C) the strictly elitist, aristocratic works of Haydn. D) the innovative, secular compositions of Bach. E) the neoclassical works of Beethoven.
Which statement describes the significant environmental battle spearheaded by the San Francisco Bay Association in 1961?
a. Shoreline construction along the bay of garbage dumps, an airport, housing tracts and industrial parks threatened the existence of the bay, and the group wanted to prevent its disappearance. b. Residents in the communities around San Francisco Bay organized to support the California Water Project, hoping that it would reverse the salinization of the fresh water in the delta caused by overuse of water by Central Valley farmers. c. Residents in the communities around San Francisco Bay organized to fight for better air quality. d. The use of pesticides and fertilizers by growers in the delta region was starting to pollute the waters of the bay, and the group organized to pressure the state government to regulate the use of these chemicals.
What was one of the most important books dealing with religious ideas in the United States during the 1950s?
What will be an ideal response?
In protest against the federal tariff, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina developed a ________ theory, which supported state sovereignty and ultimately laid the groundwork for southern secession.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).