What was Operation OVERLORD?
A) ?the 1942 invasion of French colonies in North Africa
B) ?the 1943 siege of Stalingrad
C) ?the 1944 invasion of the beaches of Normandy
D) ?the ongoing bombing and destruction of rail lines in Europe
C
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Which of the following was true of the Exodusters, who migrated from the South to Kansas in the late 1870s?
A. They were white sharecroppers who were recruited to move to Kansas by the Kansas Farmers' Alliance. B. Their move was subsidized by Southern state governments, which were encouraging African Americans to leave the South. C. Many of them were former slaves. D. They were drawn to Kansas by promises of jobs in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
American land-grant railroads in the late nineteenth century
A) seldom took advantage of their land rights. B) found frontier settlement too sparse to justify railroad construction. C) were often forced to return the land grants to state and federal governments. D) sent agents overseas to recruit likely settlers and purchasers of railroad land.
Which of these is not a true statement about the Wilmot Proviso?
A) ?? It stipulated that slavery be prohibited in any territory acquired in the war with Mexico. B) ?? It was designed to hold Polk to what many perceived as an understanding: Texas would be for slaveholders; California and New Mexico for free labor. C) ?? It was strongly supported by southern Democrats. D) ?? It exposed deep sectional divisions that Americans had been previously able to overlook. E) ?? It passed in the House but not in the Senate and never became law.
Which of the following is true of Michelle Obama?
A) She has no direct experience as a government official. B) She holds a law degree from Harvard. C) Her parents were both lawyers. D) Her grandparents were from the Caribbean.