What enabled Americans to learn of important events in Europe within 24 hours or less ?


Answer: the transoceanic cable laid in 1866.

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World War I battles were fought on which fronts?

a. Western Europe. b. North Africa. c. All of the answers are correct. d. the Middle East. e. Russia.

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Millard Fillmore was the presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1856.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following was NOT a problem of world peace after the Cold War?

a. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan b. War in Yugoslavia c. Conflict in Rwanda d. Rise of militant Islam e. Civil war in Somalia

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Researchers examining sex differences in physical aggression in laboratory environments find that which of the following increases the size of the disparity?

A. using older participants B. highlighting participants’ identities by giving them nametags C. directly provoking aggression D. running the study in the morning rather than the evening

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