The Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen urged fellow Chinese that "we must try to improve the economic structures of society so as to preclude a social revolution in the future." How did he propose to do this?
a. Through a radical redistribution of land
b. Through the process of land valuation
c. Through class struggle
d. Through foreign aid
Answer: b. Through the process of land valuation
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Announced by the president in March 1947, the Truman Doctrine:
a) was originally rejected by Congress because it was too isolationist b) was planned to protect American investments in Nationalist China c) appropriated money for containing Soviet expansion and Communist influence in Greece and Turkey d) was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine to cover England and France as well as Latin America
Which of the following is true of the attempt to implement nationalized healthcare during Truman's administration?
A. It was pushed by socialist and communist elements but strongly opposed by Truman. B. The American Medical Association lobbied Congress to pass universal healthcare. C. It had widespread support among workers. D. It was supported by Democrats in Congress but opposed by Republicans.
The social landscape of the North contained elements of contradiction because:
a. the large majority of people believed in conforming and usually opposed proposals of reformers b. many thinkers expressed their dissent about social institutions and conformist beliefs c. farmers and workers often shared a zeal for reading popular as well as refined literature d. most leading merchants converted to Presbyterianism
Cornwallis's defeat at Yorktown led not only to the resignation of Lord North as prime minister, but to public outcries in England against continuing the war.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)