In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech
A. was given in response to the Japanese sinking of the Panay.
B. warned Japan it faced a U.S. embargo if it continued to be aggressive.
C. received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.
D. saw Roosevelt challenge England and France to limit the aggression of Germany.
E. saw the president call for further isolation from the nation's enemies.
C
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A) first Thanksgiving celebration, but also the conclusion of peace between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. B) outbreak of war between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. C) collapse of the Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Plantation due to the lack of food. D) exponential expansion of the Plimoth community due to a large infusion of new settlers from England.
In which of these did Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie play prominent roles?
A) Pullman strike B) Great Uprising of 1877 C) Homestead strike D) Coeur d'Alene strike
What do these plans for a slave ship reveal about colonial attitudes toward enslaved Africans?
A) Slaves were cared for just well enough to ensure survival. B) Slaves were regarded as extremely valuable. C) Slaves were treated more like objects than people. D) Slaves were believed to be much hardier than the typical European. E) Slaves were thought to prefer living in close quarters with each other.
The coffee shops that popped up in late-seventeenth-century London were__________
A) a sign of England's growing colonial power and global reach B) unconnected to larger global trends C) a product of the agitation of the nobility D) also common in the English countryside