The dispute that sparked the Franco-Prussian War concerned
A) the candidacy of a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty to the Spanish throne.
B) Bismarck's decision to invade Luxembourg.
C) the French invasion of Alsace and Lorraine.
D) Napoleon III's annexation of Schleswig and Holstein.
E) the French seizure of Alsace and Lorraine.
A
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How did President Kennedy address the growing insurgency in Vietnam in the early 1960s?
a. He sent more combat troops to Vietnam. b. He reduced the size of the U.S. military mission to Vietnam. c. He increased economic aid to Ho Chi Minh. d. He increased economic aid to Ngo Dinh Diem.
How would one BEST describe Columbus's performance as an administrator of Hispaniola?
A) incompetent and brief in duration but not as vicious as many of his successors B) highly competent, popular with Spaniards, and fairly long in duration C) highly competent, but unpopular with Spaniards, and fairly short in duration D) incompetent and long in duration, but more vicious than many of his successors
After 1915, Wilson followed a policy of __________.
A. preparing for war while working to stay at peace B. refusing any support for the preparedness movement C. embargoing all trade with Europe to avoid conflict D. ignoring events in Europe in hopes they would not affect the United States
As secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon:
a. increased taxes on the wealthy. b. began taxing lower income workers for the first time. c. secured substantial tax breaks for the affluent. d. believed tax breaks for low-income workers would stimulate economic growth.