Author Question: The Half-Way Covenant reflected a. a decline in religious zeal and a way to keep political power ... (Read 92 times)

Bob-Dole · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

As a result of the building of large multipurpose dams during the New Deal era, the federal government

a. attempted to foster the growth of family farms at the expense of large factory farms.
b. gained a great deal of influence over the future of the West by gaining control of much of the water andhydroelectric power in the region.
c. used public money to benefit large corporate giants engaged in generating hydroelectric power.
d. demonstrated its concern for protecting the ecosystems associated with western river systems.

Question 2

The Half-Way Covenant reflected

a. a decline in religious zeal and a way to keep political power in the hands of Puritans.
b. a balance in the Bay Colony's sex ratio where women outnumbered men by 3 to 1.
c. the growing political power of Puritan men who passed offices to their offspring.
d. economic decline in the Bay Colony due to Indian wars.