Question 1
Why did Alexander Hamilton base the economy of the United States on Great Britain's economy?
A) Americans used British currency.
B) Britain was the United States' main trading partner.
C) The American economy was already similar to that of Britain.
D) Britain was a powerful nation with a diverse economy.
Question 2
In the 1920s, President Coolidge famously said, They hired the money, didn't they? What situation was he referring to?
A) financing German reparation payments to the Allies with American capital
B) French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr Valley after Germany missed a reparation
payment
C) a reduction of overseas loans by American bankers after the stock market crash
D) opposition to canceling the repayment of World War I war debts by the Allies
Question 3
This 1869 iconic photograph that shows the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Promontory Point, Utah, is notable for its exclusion of the __________.
A) women who ran the camps where laborers resided
B) Chinese laborers who helped build it
C) gold-rush millionaires who paid for it
D) Union Pacific and Central Pacific officials
Question 4
President Carter worked with Congress to establish a Superfund that was intended to __________.
A) support domestic oil production
B) channel money into struggling public schools
C) provide financial assistance to dictatorships fighting against communism
D) clean up the nation's most polluted areas
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