What were the Bonus Marchers demanding through their demonstrations in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1932?
A) direct relief for workers from the federal government
B) employment for out-of-work veterans
C) early payment on federal bonds set to mature in 1945
D) an end to the Hoover presidency
C
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Individual reformers who tried to care for the physically and mentally disabled were
A) usually more effective than the more colorful communitarian reformers. B) too unscientific to achieve anything. C) unable to make substantial progress because of the enormous scale of the problems to be corrected. D) usually less effective than the more pragmatic and less flamboyant communitarians.
What advance in heating and cooking occurred in antebellum America?
A) Americans adopted the open-hearth method of cooking. B) Central heating became standard in tenement buildings. C) Natural gas stoves became less common. D) Coal-burning stoves were introduced E) Electricity became common.
Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended
A) the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. B) the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. C) a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. D) rigorous state control of all forms of education. E) the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe.
The "Body of Liberties" of 1641 can best be described as
a. a bill of rights. b. a female reformer convention. c. a collection of pamphlets. d. a series of sermons against the king of England. e. a massive protest against Parliament.