Which statement describes Republican Alfred Landon's presidential campaign in 1936?
What will be an ideal response?
He was a moderate who offered mainstream Republican proposals for a balanced federal budget.
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What was the most significant cause of the increase in federal aid to education and the shift to greater emphasis on basic disciplines in the late 1950s?
a. influx of non-English-speaking Hispanics into the United States. b. alarm over the popularity of the nonconformist Beats on college campuses. c. "war on poverty" that was declared when it became apparent that high-school drop-outs were swelling the welfare rolls d. discovery that there were more private schools in the suburbs than public schools in the cities. e. launch of Sputnik, which gave Americans reason to fear that they were intellectually and technologically backward.
How did French Canadians respond to the Second Continental Congress's invitation to join the struggle for liberty?
A) Canada immediately voted to join with the Americans. B) An emissary sent from Congress to Québec was hanged as a traitor. C) Canadians, fearing the Americans as much as the British, hesitated to respond. D) Canadians raised an army to invade New York.
The committee formed to resolve the differences between large and small states recommended __________.
a. equal representation for the states in both houses of Congress b. equal representation for the states in the upper house of Congress and proportionate representation in the lower house c. proportionate representation for the states in both houses of Congress d. equal representation for the states in the lower house of Congress and proportionate representation in the upper house
Gandhi worked for other goals in addition to independence. Some of those included all of the following EXCEPT
A) dominance of the Hindus in the government. B) abolition of alcohol. C) better legal status for women. D) removal of the stigma of the Untouchable caste. E) cooperation between the Hindus and Muslims.