Which vessel, developed in the late sixteenth century, represented a key advance in shipbuilding technology and was used for both war and commerce into the eighteenth century?
A. fluyt
B. galleon
C. carrack
D. caravel
Answer: B
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The new militancy of the freedom riders:
A) put them at odds with the Kennedy administration whose priorities were shaped by Cold War concerns, not civil rights. B) made them natural allies of the Kennedy administration at the moment when it was struggling to shape its domestic agenda. C) infused even older civil rights organizations such as the NAACP with a new revolutionary spirit. D) provided the Republican Party with an important wedge issue during the 1964 presidential campaign.
A major effect of the Marshall Plan was __________
A) a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and western Europe B) the political downfall of President Truman C) the communist movement in western Europe gained momentum D) business and labor never supported the political or economic philosophy of the plan
The 50,000+ people who were part of the Oklahoma _________ were known as Boomers.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).