The Iron Curtain referred to the
a. defensive barrier set up across Europe by the United States to contain the Soviet Union.
b. Maginot Line, which had failed to shield France from German attack in 1940.
c. ideological divide between Eastern and Western Europe.
d. fortified boundary between Communist North Korea and South Korea.
e. institutional barriers in most Western European countries prohibiting Communist parties from gaining power.
c
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Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?
A. Disagreements over political beliefs caused groups to separate. B. The various tribes migrated to the Americas separately and came from widely divergent cultures. C. Different Indian groups adapted their means of subsistence and lifestyles to the environment in which they settled. D. Geographic barriers in the New World made interaction between different Indian tribes impossible.
Although intended to win national support for Douglas's vision of a transcontinental railroad, the Kansas-Nebraska Act sacrificed the antislavery provisions of the __________
A) Wilmot Proviso B) Compromise of 1850 C) Missouri Compromise D) Ostend Manifesto
The Bush tax cuts in 2001:
A) resulted in many Americans seeing a decline in their income tax payments. B) led to a large budget surplus and a reduction of the national debt. C) were paid for by the elimination of prescription drug benefits to seniors. D) broke his campaign promise to raise taxes.
According to those quoted in the text, all of the following aspects of American society shocked European visitors EXCEPT
A) Americans' tendency to speak familiarly with strangers. B) Americans' admiration of the term democrat. C) Americans' custom of shaking hands as a greeting. D) Americans' denying women the right to vote. E) Americans' mixing with members of various classes.