Deterrence is best defined as
A) the effective art of preventing a nation from attacking another nation through economic incentives.
B) the effective art of preventing a nation from attacking another nation through diplomatic negotiations.
C) the effective art of preventing a nation from attacking another nation through diplomatic alliances.
D) in global politics, the capacity of one nation to deter another from attacking by the threat of retaliating in kind.
E) None of these
D
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A) opposed American expansion outside the western hemisphere.
B) endorsed Bryan's anti-imperialistic concepts.
C) promoted a highly nationalistic foreign policy for the United States.
D) endorsed a policy of "continentalism."
What your text labels "the third pillar of the emerging American middle class," alongside the family and church, which had neither colonial precedents nor European equivalents, was
A) public education. B) consumer culture. C) civil service. D) voluntary associations.
Religion was the area where Africans could best resist the torment of slavery by
a. refusing to be converted into Christians. b. transferring their African religion in total to the Americas. c. transforming African gods into Christian saints. d. ignoring preachers' sermons that emphasized obedience. e. translating the Bible into various African languages.
What brought the end of Napoleonic France?
a. Napoleon's surrender to the Russians at Moscow b. Napoleon's commitment to the guillotine. c. Napoleon's defeat to British and Prussian soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo. d. Napoleon's ouster from office by Robespierre. e. Napoleon's escape to Italy.