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Peterson Test 2 Nik
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry George in Progress and Poverty urged Americans | to adopt a single tax on the value of land. 3 |
| "The term ""Crime of 1873"" refers to " | the removal of the United States from the silver standard.4 |
| ______ did not restrict immigrants | legal barriers to practicing one's religion 7 |
| the _____elections was significant because the results showed a marked shift of the electorate to the right | 1980 12 |
| The basis for the War Powers Act was | Congress's duty under the Constitution to declare war. 13 |
| Henry Kissinger used shuttle diplomacy during Gerald Ford's administration to try to ease tensions between | Israel and Egypt. 15 |
| these social trends disturbed conservatives in the 1970s | "abortion rights. the sexual revolution. drug culture. And the women's rights movement. 19" |
| The ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright established | the right to counsel to represent a defendant. 22 |
| The purpose of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was to | "a. balance the budget. 23 " |
| a Member of the Religious Right would be least likely to support the "rainbow coalition"? Because | a rainbow coalition wants equal rights for everyone including gays and Latinos, a Member of the Religious Right would oppose that. 25 |
| The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union was foretold by what | Containment 26 |
| The most notable element in the election of 1988 was | "that the outcome owed as much to media management as it did to the policy differences between Bush and Dukakis. 27" |
| "A budgetary problem that defied presidents' efforts at reform in the latter part of the twentieth century was " | "Social Security. 28" |
| "The election of 1888 was significant, because " | it was the first time Republicans campaigned for a high protective tariff. 32 |
| the ______was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court | Line-item veto of the budget 33 |
| "The settlement house movement in the United States was begun by " | "Jane Addams. 34" |
| ______ was NOT a cause for the end of open-range cattle ranching | Attacks by Native Americans 36 |
| The Populist Party in 1892 attempted to build a coalition with _______ | The urban working class 38 |
| ______used the camera to study human movement in order to paint realistic pictures | Thomas Eakins 43 |
| """Every diplomat a salesman"" best describes U.S. foreign policy under which president? " | William Howard Taft 56 |
| Men who were illiterate including African Americans were not called up for duty in _____ | WW1 62 |
| All of the following nations were created as a result of the Treaty of Versailles | "Austria. Poland. Czechoslovakia. and Yugoslavia 63" |
| the ______doomed the Treaty of Versailles to rejection by the Senate | Inclusion of the League of Nations 64 |
| _________ was not an arguments used to support the imposition of restrictions on immigration in the 1920s | With the frontier closed, the nation will fill up too quickly if unrestricted immigration continues. 66 |
| the ______ was not an example of the cultural conflict of the 1920s | the Harlem Renaissance 69 |
| A coalition of urban working-class and unhappy farmers helped _______ gain the presidency | Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 70 |
| these groups did NOT benefit from the boom times of the 1920s | Union members and small farmers 71 |
| The purpose of the Bonus Army's march to Washington was to | "ask Congress to pay out the World War I bonus early. 77" |
| Latinos (did or did not) fight in segregated units under white officers | did not 90 |
| the purpose of GATT 1947 is | It reduced tariffs among member nations worldwide. 94 |
| The Truman Doctrine is significant, because it | staked out a role for the United States in fighting communism around the world. 95 |
| ______ did not support Truman in the election of 1948 | Dixiecrats 98 |
| Americans did not support the _______ | Sacco and Vanzetti trial 99 |
| Rock-and-roll was influenced mainly by | Rhythm and blues 103 |
| the ______ did not began in the 1960s | "the African-American civil rights movement. 106" |
| Television did not greatly influenced public opinion when _________ | Sputnik was launched. 107 |
| _______ was not a leader of the struggle for African American civil rights | Ralph Ellison. 108 |
| The election of 1968 was significant because it | indicated a decline in the appeal of the liberal agenda for many Americans. it 115 |
| ________________ is a correct statement about President Nixon's response to stagflation | He used his presidential authority to impose wage and price controls 117 |
| ______ found support among the silent majority | Richard Nixon 120 |
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