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华中师《英语国家国情与文化-美国 》在线作业-0002

In view of the problem of poverty in the 1960s, President Kennedy had once admitted that_____of the American population went to bed hungry.( )
A:about one quarter
B:about one third
C:about half
D:about two thirds
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It is generally agreed that U.S. higher education began with the______.
A:Civil War
B:Independence War
C:founding of Harvard College
D:founding of Princeton University
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President Theodore Roosevelt made use of the Hepburn Act to（　　　）.
A:regulate federal-funded electr奥鹏华中师范大学平时在线作业icity project
B:maintain forest reserves
C:regulate railway price
D:ban corporation merger
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The Articles of Confederation in 1781 was unusual because it provided for ______.（　　　）
A:no king
B:a strong central government
C:civil rights
D:taxation powers
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In 1962, President ______ finally decided on the use of naval force to prevent military material and arms from entering Cuba and demanded Soviet removal of the missiles there.
A:Nixon
B:Truman
C:Johnson
D:Kennedy
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Most of the first Chinese immigrants who came to the United States between 1850—1880 settled down in ______.
A:Florida
B:Washington
C:California
D:New Jersey
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The Federalist Papers are regarded as the best explanation of the ______.（　　　）
A:19th Amendment
B:Articles of Confederation
C:Bill of Rights
D:U.S. Constitution
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MIT stands for_____.( )
A:the Military Institute of Texas
B:the Macy's Instigation of Thanksgiving
C:the Miami Institution of Trade
D:the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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After much debate, the Compromise of 1850 was passed, which allowed ______ to be accepted as a free state.（　　　）
A:Utah
B:California
C:Louisiana
D:New Mexico
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In America, the Constitution provides that ______ shall be President of the Senate.（　　　）
A:the Speaker of the House
B:the Secretary of State
C:the Chief Justice
D:the Vice President
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When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the southern states broke away and formed a new nation called ______.
A:the Southern States of America
B:the Federalist States of America
C:the Confederate States of America
D:the Anti-confederate States of America
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Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true?
A:It is the supreme law of the land.
B:It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
C:It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
D:It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.
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The Great Depression in 1929 was caused by all the following BUT______.（　　　）
A:stock market speculation
B:over-expansion of credit
C:too much investment in companies
D:lack of stability in the banking system
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Higher education in the United States began with the founding of ______ in 1636.（　　　）
A:MIT
B:Yale University
C:Harvard College
D:Princeton University
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Theodore Dreiser was the literary representative of American______.（　　　）
A:Romanticists
B:Transcendentalists
C:Modernists
D:Naturalists
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The attitude of many Americans toward different political views after WWⅡ can be described as（　　　）.
A:following the main trend of view
B:intolerant
C:indifferent
D:tolerant
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Which work praised the idea of equality and democracy and also celebrated the dignity, the self-reliant spirit and the joy of the common man?
A:Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
B:Self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
C:Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain.
D:Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.
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The Secret Service is part of the ____ Department.
A:Treasury
B:Defense
C:Interior
D:Justice
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After the Civil War, ______ became a strong trend in American economy.（　　　）
A:disappearance of private business
B:increase in capital investment
C:monopoly by big business
D:nationalization of enterprises
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America was named after（　　　）.
A:Italian navigator Columbus
B:navigator Amerigo Vespucci
C:some Indian chieftain
D:George Washington, founding father of the United States
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____was NOT among the first 13 British colonies along the east coast of North America.( )
A:New York
B:Pennsylvania
C:Florida
D:Maryland
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In the early 19th century, ______ actively used the Sherman Antitrust Act to stop monopolistic business mergers in the United States.
A:J.P. Morgan
B:Woodrow Wilson
C:Henry Rockefeller
D:Theodore Roosevelt
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With the development of industry and extension of railroad network in the early 20th century in the U.S.A., there appeared ______.
A:a rapid growth of cities
B:an influx of foreign goods
C:an increase of urban ghettos
D:a great increase in the number of farms
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At the Constitutional Convention in September 1787, the delegates who argued for a national system called themselves______.( )
A:Republicans
B:Democrats
C:Anti-Federalists
D:Federalists
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During the War of Independence, America allied with（　　　）.
A:Spain
B:France
C:Holland
D:Germany
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