Let the soil of our extensive domains be kept free for the hardy ...

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Question 1

What do the rats and Lewis Cass, who is on the roof, represent in this political cartoon showing Martin Van Buren lighting a barn on fire?
 
  A) supporters of westward expansion
  B) Whigs
  C) proslavery supporters
  D) proponents of the Mexican War

Question 2

What term did Eisenhower use to describe the close ties between the defense industry and the Pentagon that might unduly influence government policy?
 
  A) the military-industrial complex
  B) the Fair Deal
  C) victory of the moderates
  D) Creeping Socialism

Question 3

The English Bill of Rights of 1689 protected the essential liberties of Englishmen by __________.
 
  A) establishing the rights of free speech and assembly for the first time
  B) acknowledging that absolute power did not exist
  C) giving the crown the exclusive right to levy taxes
  D) creating a division between church and state

Question 4

What did novelist Upton Sinclair mean when he stated that he aimed for the public's heart, and by accidenthit it in the stomach, when he was referring to his novel The Jungle?
 
  A) Rather than focusing on the concerns raised by the meat-packing industry, the public was
  more concerned about the negative impact of socialism.
  B) The public misinterpreted Sinclair's intent about capitalism and mistook it for an endorsement
  of socialism.
  C) Sinclair's novel meant to address how socialism was the only way to eliminate worker
  exploitation but instead shocked readers with his descriptions of the meat-packing industry.
  D) President Roosevelt banned this novel after reading it because he felt the details were too
  scandalous.

Question 5

Let the soil of our extensive domains be kept free for the hardy pioneers of our own land, and the oppressed and banished of other lands, seeking homes of comfort and fields of enterprising in the new world.
 
   This statement would have been supported in the 1848 election by __________. A) Zachary Taylor
  B) Lewis Cass
  C) Martin Van Buren
  D) Henry Clay

[Galvarado142]

Answer 1

C

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

B

Answer 4

C

Answer 5

C

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[tkempin]

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