After the United States proposed the Marshall Plan, Stalin
A) quickly began to strengthen Soviet armed forces.
B) sent representatives to the first meetings, but then withdrew because he realized the Soviets would need to match American funding.
C) countered immediately with his own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact.
D) sent representatives to the first meetings, but then withdrew because of fears that Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe would become tied to the American economy.
D
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A) ?U.S. troops invaded the French colonies of Morocco and Algeria in late 1942. B) ?Britain and the United States mounted a joint defensive in France in early 1943. C) ?The United States sent troops to fight alongside Russian troops on the Russian border in mid-1943. D) ?By 1943 new technologies had made German submarines less effective than they had been earlier in the war.
The Patriot leader who expressed the greatest concerns about more radical forms of democracy was
A) Timothy Matlack. B) George Washington. C) George Mason. D) Thomas Paine. E) John Adams.
Texas was an independent republic for _____ years before becoming the _____ state
a. ten; thirty-fifth b. eight; sixteenth c. nine; twenty-eighth d. twenty-five; fortieth e. fifty; fiftieth
Republicans criticized Bill Clinton's tax increases as
a. affecting only the poorest Americans. b. insufficient to address the budget deficit. c. targeted to only affect Republicans. d. bad for the economy.