Describe the resurgence of conservatism in the United States that helped lead Ronald Reagan to landslide electoral victories in the presidential elections of 1980 and 1984. Identify the problems faced by the country that were a factor in his election; Reagan's personal qualities as a politician; and the mood of the country in the early 1980s.
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a. sales events in which no item cost more than a penny. b. numismatic conventions that gained new importance at a time when cash was short. c. auctions in which a unified community would buy foreclosed farm properties from neighbors at agreed-on low prices in order to return them to the distressed owner. d. a nickname for crowds of beggars on the street all requesting pennies.
What did the Spartans do to the neighboring peoples rather than form an overseas colony?
a. sell them to the Persians b. kill them and took over their land c. combined with them to form a state d. enslaved them to work the farmland e. intermarried with them
Benjamin Banneker is best known for:
A) his bravery in the American Revolution. B) his poetry. C) his almanac. D) his escape from slavery.
Why did William Jennings Bryan ask anti-imperialist Democrats to support ratification of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War?
A) He wanted the United States to grant the Philippines independence. B) He knew that annexing Cuba would improve the American economy. C) He wanted American Christian values spread to the Philippines and Cuba. D) He wanted Filipinos, Cubans, and Hawaiians to become American citizens.