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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second pillar to prosperity?
(a) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(b) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(c) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

2. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) Washington's Deal.
(c) The Marshall Plan.
(d) The Denali Plan.

3. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.
(a) Republican.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Athiest.

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Harry Truman.

5. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(b) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(c) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(d) How to adapt to globalization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?

2. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

3. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

4. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?

5. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?

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