Read the excerpt from Hoover’s “Rugged Individualism” speech to answer the question. Choose the two highlighted examples that be
st explain why Hoover believed in rugged individualism, or the belief that individuals should rely on themselves and not the government. (which bracket sentences are correct?) [Nor do I wish to be misinterpreted as believing that the United States is a free-for-all and devil-take-the-hindmost.] The very essence of equality of opportunity and of American individualism is that there shall be no domination by any group or [monopoly] in this republic.... It is no system of laissez faire....
[I have witnessed not only at home but abroad the many failures of government in business.] I have seen its tyrannies, its injustices, its destructions of self-government, its undermining of the very instincts which carry our people forward to progress. I have witnessed the lack of advance, the lowered standards of living, the depressed spirits of people working under such a system....
And what has been the result of the American system? Our country has become the land of opportunity to those born without inheritance, not merely because of the wealth of its resources and industry but because of this freedom of initiative and enterprise. Russia has natural resources equal to ours.... [But she has not had the blessings of one hundred and fifty years of our form of government and our social system.]
[By adherence to the principles of decentralized self-government, ordered liberty, equal opportunity, and freedom to the individual, our American experiment in human welfare has yielded a degree of well-being unparalleled in the world.] It has come nearer to the abolition of poverty, to the abolition of fear of want, than humanity has ever reached before. Progress of the past seven years is proof of it....
Answer: "I have witnessed not only at home but abroad the many failures of government in business."
"By adherence to the principles of decentralized self-government, ordered liberty, equal opportunity, and freedom to the individual, our American experiment in human welfare has yielded a degree of well-being unparalleled in the world."
Answer – C (Many humanist ideas conflicted with the Catholic
Church ideas)
Quite a number of Humanist ideas were opposed
to religious ideas (E.g. on the idea that God created all laws, and not obeying
them is sinful). Humanists taught about questioning everything, including the
religious ideas.
I'm not really sure what you mean by what courses could the United States take, but I do know that Madison wanted to have a national vote for president. The voting would count every States' votes on an equal manner, so it was more democratic
World War I certainly influenced the opinion of Americans about many aspects of the future. The U.S for instance begun to isolate itself from the world and became increasingly unwilling to interfere in any external disputes. However, it also accelerated economic growth and changed attitudes on issues like the rights of women.
