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

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

3. 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) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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

5. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?

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

3. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

4. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

5. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?

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