Why was Japan more open and pragmatic in its contact with Western nations than China during the nineteenth century?
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How did former Vice President Henry Wallace differ from the Truman administration?
A) He insisted that progressive reforms were ruining the economy. B) He argued that civil rights should not be a national priority. C) He stressed that U.S. foreign policy was too aggressive. D) He advocated for less regulation of big business. E) He believed that the United States should institute immigration reforms.
As a result of the Battle of Yorktown,
A. Cornwallis retreated to Wilmington to await supplies and fresh troops. B. the French navy ceased to be effective. C. Parliament stopped all offensive operations in America and authorized peace negotiations. D. Cornwallis returned to England as a hero.
President Truman's view of Vietnamese independence between 1945 and 1953 was based on his commitment to
A) anticolonialism. B) national self-determination. C) anticommunism. D) European imperialism.
After conquering Poland, Hitler sent in “task groups.” What was their main purpose?
a) killing anyone considered “unsuitable,” for ideological or racial reasons, in the coming Third Reich b) planning supply chains for the German troops that would now govern Poland Consider This: Hitler explicitly ordered that the “destruction of Poland is a priority. . . .” See 13.1: Hitler’s War. c) gaining control of all radio, telephone, telegraph, and newspaper facilities so that the Reich could dominate news and communications Consider This: Hitler explicitly ordered that the “destruction of Poland is a priority. . . .” See 13.1: Hitler’s War. d) creating a defensive border between western Poland and the eastern zone, controlled by the Soviets Consider This: Hitler explicitly ordered that the “destruction of Poland is a priority. . . .” See 13.1: Hitler’s War.