Why were events at My Lai referred to as a massacre?
A) The confirmed body count was remarkably high.
B) The battle against the Vietcong there was especially brutal.
C) The images released to the public were gruesome.
D) The U.S. military tortured its enemies there.
E) Those who were killed there were unarmed villagers.
E
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What right did Justinian have that none of the barbarian kings of the West had?
a. To have people prostrate themselves before him. b. To wear the royal purple. c. To convene and preside over a church council. d. To have mass celebrated for him on his birthday. e. To celebrate mass.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech
A. saw the president call for further isolation from the nation's enemies. B. was given in response to the Japanese sinking of the Panay. C. saw Roosevelt challenge England and France to limit the aggression of Germany. D. warned Japan it faced a U.S. embargo if it continued to be aggressive. E. received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.
A major reason President Thomas Jefferson authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition was to
(a) claim California for the United States (b) explore a route to the Pacific Ocean (c) remove British outposts from United States land (d) establish settlements in the Southwest
Although the population at the turn of the twentieth century remained predominantly white, African Americans and _________ constituted significant minority groups.
a. Chinese Americans b. Japanese Americans c. Mexican Americans d. Native Americans