Question 1
How did Franklin Roosevelt react to business leaders' hostility to New Deal programs?
A) He met with them but ultimately rejected their arguments.
B) He attempted to appeal to them based on his own privileged background.
C) He proposed tax cuts for the rich.
D) He aligned himself with labor.
Question 2
Which topic is likely to be stressed by a New Western historian such as Patricia Nelson Limerick in her 1987 book The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West?
A) the traditional frontier heroes
B) the savagery of Native Americans
C) the settlers' triumphs over obstacles in the West
D) the diversity of the West
Question 3
Why did President George H. W. Bush launch Operation Just Cause in 1989?
A) He wanted to ensure that democratic governments were installed in Eastern European nations.
B) He wanted to intervene in the war between Iran and Iraq.
C) He wanted to defend Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion.
D) He wanted to remove Panamanian military dictator Manuel Noriega from power.
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