Question 1
How does the 1953 editorial political cartoon Who Said Creeping Socialism' contradict what President Eisenhower had to say about domestic programs associated with the New and Fair Deals?
A) Eisenhower wanted to focus more on civil rights than other public programs.
B) Eisenhower announced that he had no intention of dismantling most of these programs.
C) Eisenhower wanted to dismantle these programs and desired more conservative ones in place.
D) Eisenhower believed that balancing the budget and limiting government spending was more
important.
Question 2
How does this image of Indians hunting beaver in the woodlands of the Eastern United States embody the theory of mercantilism?
A) Colonists strengthened their own economies by producing their own hats.
B) Beaver pelts were traded within the colonies for agricultural products.
C) Beaver pelts trapped by Indians were exported to England for the production of hats.
D) Hunting and trapping of beavers made it an endangered species in North America.
Question 3
How might Progressives' reactions to Lewis Hine's Sadie Pfeiffer, Lancaster Cotton Mills, South Carolina have differed from their reactions to his photo Newsies Smoking on a Monday Morning, St. Louis, Missouri, 1910?
A) Progressives probably would have been angry that the little girl was standing idle but amused
at the young boys' antics.
B) Progressives probably would have been accepting of the little girl's working under adult
supervision but angry that three young boys were working without such supervision.
C) Progressives probably would have felt protective of the little girl working practically alone in
the big factory but would have been upset by the vice of the young boys.
D) Progressives probably would have feared what the future held for the young boys but would
not have been as concerned about the future of the little girl.
Question 4
One important executive power that Zachary Taylor promised Whigs he would give up except for times of emergencies was the __________.
A) presidential veto
B) power to appoint Supreme Court judges
C) enactment of foreign treaties
D) proposal of an annual budget
Question 5
What was the Fair Deal?
A) the term given to President Truman's stronger stand on civil rights
B) the Truman administration's attempt to dismantle the New Deal
C) a set of domestic reforms proposed by President Truman
D) the executive order that desegregated the armed forces