According to W. E. B. Du Bois, the defining issue of the new century was __________
A) white supremacist regimes in the South
B) the problem of the color line
C) European imperialism
D) the economic transformations wrought by the Industrial Revolution
Answer: B
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In Latin America the
A. CIA took measures to suppress the rise of the communist Contras. B. United States supported the Sandinista freedoms fighters in Nicaragua. C. CIA initiated an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the communist regime in Cuba. D. United States sent troops to the island nation of Grenada to overthrow its socialist government, which had recently staged a violent coup.
What did the policy of self-strengthening advocate?
A. Building up China's army against Western imperialists. B. Developing a universal educational system built on Western ideals. C. Adopting Western technology but maintaining Confucian institutions. D. Focusing on Chinese philosophy and engineering as the solution to political strength. E. Allowing Western thought to be adapted to strengthen Chinese advancements.
Before humans developed language, they
A. communicated exclusively through pictorial representations. B. managed to colonize large parts of the African continent. C. roamed little and tended to remain in a fixed region with a temperate climate. D. were unable to adapt to climatic extremes.
The cattle drives in the 1860s-1870s would not have been possible without __________.
A. steamship transport from the Texas coast to New York City B. rail lines to eastern markets C. new laws establishing American ownership of range cattle D. the Homestead Act