The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance; helping people outside the United States to understand American culture; and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
Which of the following activities would NOT fit the stated goals of the Peace Corps?
| Organizing a foreign exchange program for an American high school. | |
| Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan. | |
| Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia. | |
| Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh. |
The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for `Grand Old Party`), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 to 1932.
There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861 to 1865, and the most recent (as of 2013) being George W. Bush, serving from 2001 to 2009.
Based on this passage, which of the following statements is not true?
| Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. | |
| The Republican Party lost national political influence after the Civil War. | |
| The Democratic Party is a major political party in the United States. | |
| The Republican Party was formed by people opposed to slavery. |
Six years ago, lawyer-banker-scholar Charles Morris wrote a prophetic book - `Two-Trillion-Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High-Rollers and the Great Credit Crunch` - that foresaw the 2008 Great Recession before it clobbered America and the world.
Now Morris has reversed course and sees good times ahead. His forthcoming book, `Comeback,` predicts that surging U.S. energy independence will bring a buoyant rise in American manufacturing and jobs.
The implication of this passage is that you should pay attention to Charles Morris because:
| His first book was a best seller | |
| The U.S. is becoming more energy independent | |
| His new book is a best seller | |
| His predictions have come true once already |