One of the more unexpected consequences of the "dirty war" was that
A) 40 percent of families were led by women forced to work outside the home for low wages.
B) the Colombian military became dependent upon the United States for arms and equipment.
C) drug trafficking increased along with a dramatic growth of illicit arms smuggling.
D) death squads proliferated, killing trade unionists, peasant leaders, and human rights activists.
A
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All of the following were true of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century EXCEPT
A) The goals of the revolution were left unfulfilled even well into the 20th century. B) It was viewed as the only positive political and social change into the mid-20th century. C) It was committed to social equalization and redistribution of wealth and power. D) The women who fought in the revolution led successful movements for equal rights. E) The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was filled with corruption.
Social practices typical in many African societies included
A. election of kings by all adult males. B. a lineage system that was often matrilineal rather than patrilineal. C. behavior patterns between the sexes that were more relaxed than those found in societies in other parts of the world. D. both a lineage system that was often matrilineal rather than patrilineal and behavior patterns between the sexes that were more relaxed than those found in other societies. E. none of these
In addition to being defeated by the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the French decided to cut their relationship to Vietnam as a colonial power because
a. Ho Chi Minh had made a successful appeal to the United Nations. b. the Chinese came into the war militarily on the side of Vietnam. c. the United States and Britain agreed to take up the fight for the French. d. France considered its nationalistic insurgency in Algeria more important that Vietnam. e. a national vote had elected Ho president of the new Vietnam.
_________ was a colorful Tammany Hall boss who came to power a generation after the fall of Tweed. a. James A. Garfield B. Charles Francis Adams Jr. C. Schuyler Colfax D. George Washington Plunkitt
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