The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 15

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"It is impossible for the United States to preserve itself as a republic or as a democracy when 600 families own more of this Nation's wealth - in fact,twice as much - as all the balance of the people put together. Here is the whole sum and substance of the share-our-wealth movement:
1.Every family to be furnished by the Government a homestead allowance… of not less than one-third the average family wealth of the country...No person to have a fortune of more than 100 to 300 times the average family fortune…4.An old-age pension to the persons of 60…
8.The raising of revenue and taxes for the support of this program to come from the reduction of swollen fortunes from the top."
Huey Long,"Share Our Wealth," 1932
-Which of the following events prompted the reforms called for in this passage by Huey Long?

• A) The Gilded Age
• B) The rise of segregation
• C) The Red Scare
• D) The Great Depression

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Definitions:

Geons

Geons are the basic 3D shapes that serve as the building blocks for all visual objects, according to the recognition-by-components theory.

Visual Perception

The ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum reflected by the objects in the environment.

Perceptual Learning

The changes in perception that occur as a function of practice or experience with the stimuli.

Gibson

James J. Gibson was a psychologist known for his work on visual perception, especially the theory of affordances which suggests that the environment provides cues that shape behavior.