Which one of the following best describes President Herbert Hoover's initial approach to the Great Depression?
A. a commitment to direct federal relief payments to the unemployed
B. efforts to promote the same kind of relationship between government and business that he'd advocated during his term as secretary of commerce
C. rhetoric about a "new deal for the American people," but no concrete and specific proposals
D. total inactivity; isolated in the White House, he had no compassion for the poor
Answer: B
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a. having economic and political components. b. supporting the idea of civil rights. c. wanting to limit governmental power. d. opposing limiting governmental power. e. opposing votes for women.
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of seventeenth century Puritans toward religious liberty?
a. Having suffered persecution in England they extended toleration to everyone b. They tolerated no one whose expressed religious view varied from their own views c. They tolerated Catholics, but not Quakers d. They had no coherent views on religious liberty e. They tolerated all Protestant sects, but not Catholics
Where do most historians believe the first agriculture happened?
a. southeast North America b. the Fertile Crescent of southwestern Asia c. Britain and northern Europe d. the Amazon basin e. China
What issue was resolved with the Great Compromise?
a. Representation in the two legislative houses b. How the president and senators would be elected c. The legality of slavery in individual states