Under the leadership of president eisenhower, what steps did the united states take in regards to the policy of brinkmanship? a) the u. s. increased the size of its army and its navy. b) the u. s. agreed to limit the production of nuclear weapons. c) the u. s. failed to create the h-bomb before the soviet union. d) the u. s. expanded its air force and its buildup of nuclear weapons.

The civilian conservation corps (ccc), an agency established during the great depression as part of the new deal, created jobs for people who were unemployed. what kind of work did people do as part of the ccc? a. built libraries and hospitals b. maintained state and national forests c. photographed migrants and the homeless d. constructed roads and bridges

In the wake of the civil war, compared to the south the north had sustained very little destruction. had to create a new labor system. had more economic challenges. had to repair damaged property.

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u.s.? what did w.e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u.s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?