Which of the following was a key difference between the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
(A) the chances of a direct military clash between the US and the soviet union was greater in the Vietnam war
(B) US leaders could more easily argue that communist aggression led to the Vietnam war
(C) public opposition was more significant for the Vietnam war than for the Korean war
(D) the press was more adversarial toward US policy during the Korean war
(C) public opposition was more significant for the Vietnam war than for the Korean war
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a. They were given a higher percentage of jobs because the government recognized that they had been traditionally undervalued. b. Their wages increased to equal those of white men because the government recognized that they had been traditionally underpaid. c. They were granted education and agricultural incentives to remove them from the workplace and direct competition with white men. d. Unskilled labor, which included many women and minorities, was represented along with skilled labor by the CIO. e. Membership in the AFL opened for women ad minorities as unions adopted more enlightened policies of inclusion.
The San
A. was the largest tribal grouping in West Africa. B. kept the Bantu out of their lands for eight centuries by using a guerrilla war strategy. C. created the largest city in southern Africa in the eleventh century. D. linguistically were related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of "clicking" sounds. E. overwhelmed the fortress at Marrakech in 1066.
Which of the following was NOT one of the chief factors in the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War?
A. the traditional argument between a British or French alliance B. states' rights as opposed to the federal government's authority C. the imperatives of a budding industrial-capitalist system against those of an export-oriented plantation economy D. the election of Abraham Lincoln E. the issue of slavery
The writing of the Monroe Doctrine
A. was motivated by American interests in Hawaii. B. was an important example of American nationalism. C. led to a temporary breaking of diplomatic ties between the United States and Britain. D. had an immediate and dramatic effect on American policy. E. was primarily based on the earlier writings of Thomas Jefferson.