Why did President Eisenhower persuade Congress to appropriate additional money for college scholarships and university research in 1958?
What will be an ideal response?
To overcome a perceived gap in science and technology with the Soviet Union
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At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in 1814, Andrew Jackson
A. captured the city of New Orleans. B. defeated the Spanish at Pensacola. C. viciously broke the resistance of the Creek. D. turned back the British invasion from the Southwest. E. was seriously wounded.
W. E. B. Du Bois’s article “Close Ranks” divided the black community because it
a. argued that only an all-black movement could bring about the uplift of the black community. b. argued that blacks had a patriotic duty to lay aside race struggle during times of war. c. argued that blacks would only advance in America if they joined white workers in the Socialist Party. d. argued that black and white Americans had to join together to preserve market capitalism from the threat of communism.
A transcontinental railroad was not built before the Civil War because
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about Hurricane Katrina is LEAST accurate?
a. The effects of the hurricane left more than 1500 people dead. b. The National Guard did not arrive to assist stranded survivors of the storm until a week after the storm had struck. c. Approximately 25,000 survivors sought refuge in the Superdome, which quickly became overcrowded and fetid. d. The white mayor of New Orleans refused to issue an evacuation order until after the storm had struck.