Question 1
When he said of the Versailles Peace Treaty that this isn't a peace, it's a twenty year truce, Supreme Commander of Allied Armies Marshal Ferdinand Foch meant that __________.
A) the treaty required too much from the United States
B) the demands placed on Germany would lead to a future war
C) the Americans did not get what they wanted from the treaty
D) Germany did not face a harsh enough punishment
Question 2
Lee surrendered to Grant at __________, thus bringing an end to the Civil War.
A) Richmond, Virginia
B) Washington, D.C.
C) Atlanta, Georgia
D) Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
Question 3
How did Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program impact the executive level of government?
A) It transferred appropriations designated for the poor from Congress to the presidency.
B) It reduced the level of bureaucracy in the executive branch.
C) It created two new cabinet positions, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and
Transportation
D) It, rather than the states, took control of running the new Medicaid program.
Question 4
John Adams's dismissive reply to his wife Abigail's appeal to Remember the Ladies contradicted his ideal of __________ during the American Revolution.
A) abolishing slavery
B) reforming property laws
C) reorganizing the legal system
D) extending democracy
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