Why was the United States able to add so much new territory to its control in the 1840s?

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A) Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers. B) General George C. Marshall. C) Major Oveta Culp Hobby. D) William Hobby.

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What was Bismarck's attitude toward the German Social Democratic Party?

A) He distrusted it because of its internationalist views. B) He thought it was a marginal group that would die out quickly. C) He believed it could be an effective tool to unite the German people. D) He saw it as a crucial partner in his program of "state socialism." E) He trusted key party members and gave them government positions.

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a. English. b. Germans. c. Irish. d. Italians. e. none of these choices.

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Some Southeast Asian nationalists initially welcomed the Japanese because

a. their peoples would be incorporated into a prosperous East Asian Empire. b. they could obtain Japanese citizenship. c. the Japanese freed them from Western colonial rule. d. they believed that Japan would ultimately win the war. e. they were all fellow Buddhists.

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