Michael Parenti noted in 2008 that the U.S. government has directly intervened in the domestic affairs of foreign governments to
a. protect any government based on an alternative to the capitalist model.
b. prevent the rise of any government based on the capitalist model.
c. protect the interests of the disadvantaged.
d. protect U.S. corporate interests.
Question 2Which U.S. president first said, The business of America is business?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Herbert Hoover
c. Calvin Coolidge
d. Rutherford B. Hayes
Question 3What legal practice took place during the Civil War?
a. The affluent were overrepresented in the Union Army.
b. The affluent who were drafted could hire someone to take their place in the service.
c. The disadvantaged were underrepresented in the Confederate Army.
d. The affluent could pay to take the place of someone else in the service.
Question 4In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the government relied on military volunteers rather than a draft. Who were the most likely to volunteer based on economic incentives?
a. Young men and women from the working and lower classes
b. Young men and women from the upper classes
c. Older men from the working and lower classes.
d. Older men and women with previous military experience
Question 5During the Viet Nam war, the chances for getting killed while in the service were about _____ for the less educated than for the college educated.
a. four times lower
b. about equal
c. twice as great
d. three times greater
Question 6After the Great Recession hit in late 2007, federal and state governments had to reduce or eliminate programs. Where were the biggest cuts made?
a. Congressional pay
b. Subsidies to corporations
c. Public schools
d. The military
Question 7Who is most likely to bear the burden of decisions made by the powerful?
a. Rival power brokers
b. The poor
c. Corporations
d. Small business
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