How did Europe's wars redraw the balance of power, both within Europe and around the world?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The Seven Years' War led to the "diplomatic revolution" in which European powers changed their customary alliances.
b. After a series of wars with the Dutch Republic, Spain, and France, Britain emerged as the dominant colonial power in the world.
c. Although France lost many of its colonies in North America to Britain, France remained a strong European and colonial power.
d. The Spanish and Portuguese empires shrank in size and consequently declined in power.
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a. Stalingrad b. El-Alamein c. Kursk d. Rome e. the Bulge
The Neutrality Acts of 1935–1937 did all of the following except
a. warn American citizens against travel on the ships of nations at war. b. ban arms sales or loans to nations at war. c. impose a “cash and carry” provision on nonmilitary trade with nations at war. d. become criticized as favoring aggressor nations and penalizing the victims. e. attempt to keep America out of war.
In most parts of the North, before the Civil War, free blacks could
A. use public services available to whites. B. attend public schools. C. compete for menial jobs. D. vote. E. All these answers are correct.
What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?
A. At their peak, Grange supporters controlled the legislatures of most Midwest states. B. The political inexperience of many Grange leaders hurt the movement. C. It was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s. D. It sought to regulate the power and practices of railroads and warehouses. E. It attempted to teach new scientific farming techniques to its members.