Question 1
Why did Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats try to undo the New Deal programs after the return of prosperity at the end of World War II?
A) These programs gave labor unions too much power and benefits.
B) These programs hampered the free market and deprived industrialists of the freedom to run
their companies.
C) These politicians wanted to restrain the economic gains that African Americans made during
the Great Depression.
D) These politicians feared that the New Deal had too many connections to socialism and
communism.
Question 2
The symbols found on this commemorative medal of the Glorious Revolution convey the message that __________.
A) the reign of William and Mary would be one of peace
B) Biblical law should rightfully be the law of the land
C) William of Orange restored liberty in England
D) the Dutch gained dominion over England
Question 3
How did the 1914 Ludlow Massacre that ended with the deaths of 13 women and children after Colorado state troops set fire to their camp reveal about the shortcomings of the Progressive movement?
A) Unions realized that they needed more than just government support to solve their problems.
B) Industrialists continued to fail to provide company housing for their workers.
C) Members of similar unions remained disunited when it came to supporting their comrades.
D) The media remained insensitive to tragic situations like the Ludlow Massacre.
Question 4
When Whig Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln stated in 1848 that Whigs did not believe in enlarging our field, but in cultivating our present possessions, making it a garden he was espousing the Whig ideal that the key to America's
prosperity was through __________. A) economic development
B) geographic expansion
C) the extension of slavery
D) commercialized agriculture