Which of the following did the Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran undertake in the first half of the twentieth century?
A. They aimed to modernize the country.
B. They used anti- repressive tactics to rule the nation.
C. They supported the nationalist revolution.
D. They implemented democratic governance.
E. They placed primary importance on human rights for the citizens.
A
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a. neoimperialism b. the second wave of imperialism c. colonial continuity d. exploitive modernization
The relationship between the states and the nation was permanently altered during Roosevelt’s New Deal by increasing ______.
a. the level of Congressional authority to regulate interstate commerce b. the executive powers of the president and his/her cabinet c. the judicial powers of the Supreme Court and the federal court system d. the sovereignty of state legislatures and executives to implement new programs
Quantitative measures of gubernatorial power consistently rank the powers of the governor of Texas among the most powerful in the country
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following policy statements expanded U.S. involvement in the Western Hemisphere through the commitment to "exercise an international police power" in cases of chronic wrongdoing?
a. Monroe Doctrine (1823) b. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) c. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) d. Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) e. Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)