In January 2009, Conservative Activists Coalesced into a Decentralized Nationwide

question 13

Multiple Choice

In January 2009, conservative activists coalesced into a decentralized nationwide protest movement challenging the growth of government and federal spending. What was the name
Of this movement?

• A) the Green Party
• B) the Reform Party
• C) the New Republican Party
• D) the Party of Hope
• E) the Tea Party

Assess the political, economic, and religious motivations behind European expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Understand the outcomes of European and American Indian first contacts and their impacts on both groups.

Examine the role of significant treaties and discoveries in shaping the geopolitical landscape of the New World.

Identify the influence of European rivalries and religious reforms on the colonization and settlement patterns in the Americas.

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Definitions:

Price Mechanism

The process through which prices rise and fall as a result of changes in supply and demand, determining the allocation of resources in a market economy.

Wage and Price Controls

Government-imposed restrictions on the levels at which wages and prices can be set, usually to control inflation.

Inflation

A general increase in prices and decrease in the purchasing value of money.

Pure Capitalist Economy

An economic system characterized by private ownership of resources and the use of market mechanisms to allocate goods and services with minimal government intervention.