The Cold War in Europe was most apparent in the
a. Berlin Airlift.
b. American and Soviet nuclear threat.
c. division of Germany.
d. Marshall Plan.
e. Holocaust.
c
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The anti-foreigner and anti-Communist backlash after 1919 was part of a larger unease with the culture of Modernism which had been ushered in at the end of the First World War and was characterized by all but one of the following:
a. The rapid decline of the Ku Klux Klan. b. The rise of fundamentalist Christian religion. c. Increased intolerance toward Catholics and Jews. d. The spread of the pseudo-science of eugenics.
Which idea is expressed in the poem, "A Cry from an Indian Wife"?
a. The white man readily acknowledged who originally owned the land. b. Amerindian nations lay crushed as a result of the white man's greed. c. Alcohol and "industrial schools" were the only compensation the white man gave the Amerindians. d. The Amerindians understood the dynamics of exploitation, since they had done the same to other tribes in the past. e. Amerindians felt the white man's God was going to punish the white man for their exploitation.
What played a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first Industrial Revolution?
A. Over ninety-five percent of the population was literate. B. The nation produced a surplus of food, thus allowing its people extra buying power to purchase manufactured products. C. The nation had a small and declining population. D. British manufactures enjoyed large government subsidies. E. Britain imported most of its natural resources.
In the late 1800s, strikes and boycotts
A. occurred in the dangerous mining and timber industries, but not in more specialized activities like railroads or steel. B. challenged the authority of employers and evidenced working-class discontent. C. won the sympathies of average Americans for the workers' cause. D. were usually planned and directed by labor union leaders.