French overseas expansion had been delayed for some years because of __________
A) prolonged war with the Holy Roman Empire
B) religious upheaval at home
C) lack of interest on the part of King Henry III
D) protracted negotiations with Spain over where France could establish colonies
B
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The Soviet Union experienced a diplomatic triumph when Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in 1945 at the __________
a. Munich Convention b. Yalta Conference c. Casablanca Meeting d. Paris Talk e. London Symposium
The Compromise of 1850 __________
a. temporarily restored sectional peace b. failed to pass Congress despite revisions c. prohibited slavery in the New Mexico territory d. made it easier for escaped slaves to hide in the West e. temporarily made California a slave state
The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to
a. crush the Soviet Union. b. destroy communist subversion in the United States. c. build a series of military alliances throughout the world. d. counter communism by offering economic aid to war-torn European countries. e. overthrow communist governments in Latin America.
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
A. with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait. B. from the southern tip of South America. C. with the explorations of Christopher Columbus. D. as a result of the development of the wheel. E. long after the last ice age ended.