Intemperance Sermon Reflects Which of the Following Continuities of the Us History

            
              Questions 1-3              refer to the following information.
            
"The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. We must keep that hope alive. . . . Great responsibilities have been placed upon us by the swift movement of events. . . . I am confident that the Congress will face these responsibilities squarely."
            
—President Harry S. Truman, 1947
          

1. The passage above is part of President Truman's argument to Congress in favor of

A. the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill).

B. development of the hydrogen bomb.

C. the McCarran Internal Security Act.

D. an extension of aid to Greece and Turkey.

2. The passage above can best be seen as providing a rationale for

A. the policy of containment.

B. the principle of "massive retaliation."

C. participation in the Atlantic Charter.

D. embarking on a "roll-back" of communism.

3. The ideas expressed in the passage above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in U.S. history?

A. Debates about the relationship between Congress and the president.

B. Debates about the use of military force in volatile situations.

C. Debates about the role of the United States in world affairs.

D. Debates about the proper role of political parties.

            
              Questions 4-5              refer to the following information.
            
                          
            
—"Your Honor, this woman gave birth to a naked child" (the figure speaking is Anthony Comstock, United States Postal Inspector),              The Masses, September 1915
          

4. The political cartoon above is making the point that

A. government officials were taking their crusade against immoral behavior to extreme lengths.

B. unregulated immigration was leading to an increase in crime among men and women in urban centers.

C. flappers were imposing their standards of moral behavior on an unsuspecting public.

D. the court system was bogged down with insignificant complaints while perpetrators of major crimes were left untouched by the law.

5. The cartoon reflects a point of view about which of the following continuities in U.S. history?

A. Debates about immigration policy.

B. Debates about the role of the federal government in regulating morality.

C. Debates about access to health care for working-class women.

D. Debates about the rights of the individuals accused of crimes.

            
              Questions 6-8              refer to the following information.
            
"If it be conceded, as it must be by every one who is the least conversant with our institutions, that the sovereign powers delegated are divided between the General and State Governments, and that the latter hold their portion by the same tenure as the former, it would seem impossible to deny to the States the right of deciding on the infractions of their powers, and the proper remedy to be applied for their correction. The right of judging, in such cases, is an essential attribute of sovereignty, of which the States cannot be divested without losing their sovereignty itself, and being reduced to a subordinate corporate condition. In fact, to divide power, and to give to one of the parties the exclusive right of judging of the portion allotted to each, is, in reality, not to divide it at all; and to reserve such exclusive right to the General Government (it matters not by what department to be exercised), is to convert it, in fact, into a great consolidated government, with unlimited powers, and to divest the States, in reality, of all their rights, It is impossible to understand the force of terms, and to deny so plain a conclusion."
            
—John C. Calhoun, "South Carolina Exposition and Protest," 1828
          

6. The issue that precipitated the passage excerpted above was

A. the removal of American Indians from the South.

B. the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States.

C. the passage of an act creating higher tariff rates.

D. the funding of "internal improvements."

7. The argument put forth by John C. Calhoun in the passage above states a position in a debate that is most similar to which of the following debates from earlier in U.S. history?

A. The debate over whether to count slaves in the census for purposes of representation.

B. The debate over the Constitutionality of acquiring the Louisiana Purchase.

C. The debate over disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in several states.

D. The debate over replacing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.

8. The language of "protest" that Calhoun used in his "Exposition and Protest" was similar to the language of which of the following political positions?

A. The response of supporters of Andrew Jackson to the "corrupt bargain" of 1824.

B. The response of New England Federalists to the War of 1812.

C. The response of the Jefferson administration to the actions of the "Barbary pirates."

D. The response of Daniel Shays to fiscal policies of the Massachusetts legislature in the 1780s.

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