The United States bought the _______ Purchase from Mexico to allow a transcontinental railroad.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Gadsden
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Which of the following is true of the labor movement during the 1840s? a. It was made up primarily of socialists and anarchists. b. It was successful in getting pension plans for many workers. c. Its major achievement came when the courts relieved workers from the threat of conspiracy laws being usedagainst them if they organized or engaged in strikes
d. It demonstrated the unity present among workers.
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened in the fall of
a. 1960. b. 1962. c. 1963. d. 1964. e. 1959.
The first post-colonial state in Latin America was
a. Haiti b. Mexico c. Argentina d. Brazil e. Dominican Republic
Brutal insensitivity to the needs of indigenous peoples was a hallmark of expansionism; which of the following is not true?
A) The letter from Chief Montwhiwa to Queen Victoria was ignored. B) Large tracts of land in the French Congo was seized and administrated by private rubber companies. C) Leopold II mercilessly exploited the Congo, systematically torturing and killing its people. D) British-led forces slaughtered 20,000 Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman. E) An uprising in southwest Africa against German rule led to the killing of approximately 60,000 Herero people.