Mark Hanna, the masterful Republican political organizer, believed that the prime function of government was to

a. represent the interests of ordinary Americans.
b. keep its hands completely off the economy.
c. provide selective legal regulation of corporate activity.
d. suppress farmers and working class unrest.
e. provide assistance to big business that would "trickle down" to workers.


e

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A) Indians had a highly effective centralized leadership. B) U.S. Army had fewer than 2,000 soldiers to cover over ten million square miles. C) Indian leaders were skillful at organizing campaigns. D) Indians were superb guerilla warriors—the best cavalry soldiers in the world.

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a. Voltaire b. Mary Wollstonecraft c. Rousseau d. Marshal Nye e. Germaine de Staël

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The American composer who best combines modernist elements with classical music traditions, as in his Nixon in China, is

a. Philip Glass. b. John Adams. c. John Clark. d. John Cage. e. Igor Stravinsky.

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Which American president established the Peace Corps?

A) Dwight Eisenhower B) John F. Kennedy C) Ronald Reagan D) Bill Clinton

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