Abraham Lincoln served only one term as a congressman from Illinois because his stand against the ________ made him too unpopular to win reelection
A) Fugitive Slave Law B) Mexican War
C) Wilmot Proviso D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
B
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Analyze how the United States conducted the war in Europe and in the Pacific. What different conditions existed on each front and how did these affect strategies?
What were the positive and negative sides to these strategies? Answer:
In the late nineteenth century, federal jobs __________
A) went only to those who scored well on the Civil Service exam B) usually went to graduates of the better schools and universities C) were rarely sought after as the benefits were poor D) changed hands each time there was a change in administration
Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan signaled the U.S. commitment to a(n) __________ foreign policy.
a) interventionist b) isolationist c) pro-Communist d) minimalist
How did Hitler's occupation of the remaining Czech lands in March 1939 hasten the outbreak of World War II?
a. It was yet another instance of appeasement that indicated France and Britain were so fearful of a war that they would continue giving in to Hitler. b. This time, the Czechs resisted, and the Second World War began. c. Hitler's seizure of indisputably non-German territory totally discredited the policy of appeasement and left the French and the British determined not to acquiesce to Hitler again. d. Seeing its own interest ultimately at stake, Poland aided Czech resistance, and the war began. e. Only by annexing the Czech part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler believe Germany was strong enough to invade Poland.