The Incan idea of a central relief fund is similar to which of the modern America concepts below?
A) an early form of disaster relief program
B) a primitive version of Social Security
C) some of the provisions of Medicare
D) elements of a welfare state
E) an ancient form of the Internal Revenue Service
D
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While writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Sinclair Lewis criticized what they saw as American hypocrisy in the 1920s, the truth was
A) that they hated American culture and the changes they saw. B) they thought the country was beyond reform. C) they were diehard Americans at heart who wanted to create a more authentic culture. D) they were bitter about the impact of mass printing on sales of their books. E) All of these choices
Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
A) mainly bailed out banks and financial institutions. B) cost only half as much as the TARP program. C) promised to create 3.5 million jobs by 2011. D) focused on restoring stock prices.
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848), ending the Mexican War, included
a. a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico. b. United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande. c. the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States. d. a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States. e. United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.
How did Mussolini resolve the disputes of fascism with the Catholic Church?
A. By promoting the cult of motherhood B. By promoting Catholicism as one of the unifying cultural identities of Italian history C. By signing a concordat with the pope that recognized papal autonomy D. By requiring his black shirts to go to church E. By threatening the pope into submission