Author Question: President Wilson offset the lost revenues resulting from his cut to the tariff by relying on ... (Read 65 times)

Evvie72 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What does this map imply about the 1912 presidential election?

A) The majority of Americans supported the move to set up government-run monopolies.
B) Nearly 70 percent of all voters endorsed Progressive principles and reforms.
C) Third-party candidates played a minor role in this election.
D) Voters were more interested in conservative values rather than Progressive reforms.

Question 2

What action did President John Tyler take in order to secure Texas annexation before Polk became president?

A) He convinced the Whigs in Congress that Texas would be a free state.
B) He purchased Texas from Mexico.
C) He persuaded Congress to write a treaty, which was a constitutional requirement.
D) He got Congress to support a joint resolution that annexed Texas.

Question 3

What specific event discredited Joseph McCarthy and led to his public downfall?

A) the Army-McCarthy televised hearings
B) the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
C) the blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten
D) his accusation of President Eisenhower's having connections to the Communist Party

Question 4

This engraving of laborers on a sugar plantation shows the __________.

A) indentured servants from England processing sugar
B) lack of advanced tools found on the typical sugar plantation
C) need for cooler weather to raise sugar cane
D) multiple steps involved in sugar production

Question 5

President Wilson offset the lost revenues resulting from his cut to the tariff by relying on __________.

A) monies brought in by direct taxation on the states
B) private donations from the wealthy
C) a large tax on the wealthiest companies
D) revenue created by the first federal income tax