Enlightenment thinkers assumed all of the following EXCEPT that A) God was a prime mover who had set the universe in motion. B) humans were rational animals capable of solving social and political problems. C) God was an active and judgmental intruder into the affairs of people. D) there were natural laws that governed the […]
To many Americans, the ________ became emblematic of their country’s declining role in the world. A) signing of the Camp David accords B) signing of the Panama Canal Treaty C) extending of diplomatic recognition to Red China D) Iranian hostage crisis ANSWER D
The text authors say that “economic historians have been hard pressed to explain why the ‘Prosperity Decade’ [1920s] ended in financial disaster.” How do you explain the Great Crash and the onset of the Great Depression? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: maldistribution of wealth; declining purchasing power, underconsumption; overspeculation; “sick” industries […]
Balladeer Woody Guthrie credited ________ with holding the country together during the Great Depression. A) President Franklin D. Roosevelt B) ordinary people C) the emerging threat of war in Europe D) New Deal welfare legislation ANSWER B
When he became president in 1981, Ronald Reagan believed that ________ was “the focus of evil in the modern world.” A) liberalism B) complex economic change C) poverty D) the Soviet Union ANSWER D
President Reagan left the United States an economic legacy of A) increased national debt. B) a declining gross national product. C) high inflation and unemployment. D) higher savings and lower interest rates. ANSWER A
Personally, Herbert Hoover believed economic recovery from the Great Depression depended on A) voluntary cooperation among business, labor, and the government. B) abandoning the gold standard. C) lowering tariff rates. D) government-financed public works programs. ANSWER A
The shift in consumption patterns of middle and upper class Americans in the late nineteenth century signaled a new emphasis on the value of A) self-control. B) thrift. C) saving. D) instant gratification. ANSWER D
From its beginnings, Spain regarded her New World domain as primarily a(n) __________. a. source of precious metal b. place to send exiled Moors and Jews c. opportunity to further promote the Catholic faith d. supplier of cheap Native American labor to be used on Spanish estates e. place to establish penal colonies ANSWER […]
The text authors say of President Carter that he was “wholly lacking in foreign policy experience.” Nevertheless, what foreign policy successes did President Carter achieve? What were his most apparent foreign policy failures? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Successes: Camp David accords; formal diplomatic relations with China; Panama Canal Treaty. Failures: Iranian […]
