The correct answer to number 1 is A) the start of the Cold War.
The start of the Cold War was a result of increased political, economic, and military tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. These tensions were caused by the difference in economic and political systems of the two countries, with the US disliking the system of communism used by the Soviet Union. This is when the fear of communism, aka the second Red Scare, really started to grow in the United States.
The correct answer to number 2 is C) government and security.
One of McCarthy's most famous speeches was given in West Virginia in the early 1950's in which he claimed, through his research, that he had found 207 members of the State Department were communism. This research was said to have been conducted during the 1940's.
The correct answer to number A) A wave of isolationist sentiment.
After both World Wars, Americans were focused on having their life return to normal since millions of men were now home and looking to start families.
"Trickle-down": supply-side economics creates tax cuts for the wealthy.
Supply-side economics suggests tax cuts for the wealthy. Those tax cuts will be used to create new jobs. New jobs will give more money to the middle-class.
This economic policy makes sense in theory and in some cases the tax cuts resulted in more jobs and higher wages. However, mostly it led to a large gap in wealth as the wealthy kept the money instead of reinvesting in jobs and wages. Eventually as the US moved industry overseas, tax cuts for the wealthy meant the expansion of jobs overseas instead of American jobs. Meanwhile the middle-class pay higher taxes to make up for the loss of taxes from the upper class.
The Federalists compromised and agreed to add the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments), which was ratified in 1791.
<u>The RFC gave loans to a variety of businesses. The RFC increased the amount of financing given to public relief efforts.</u>
