In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward achieved the Johnson administration's greatest success in foreign relations when he
a. signed a mutual defense treaty with Great Britain.
b. recognized the independent republic of Hawaii.
c. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
d. acquired the former Dominican Republic as an American territory.
e. established friendly relations with the newly independent Dominion of Canada.
c
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Which of these characteristics of many leaders of decolonization movements was illustrated by Mohandas Gandhi?
A) radical B) reactionary C) Western-educated D) Marxist
By the 1840s, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott sought to apply the equality of treatment they received in the abolition movement to all aspects of female life.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Repression and Guerrilla War - Please read the following document on Communist strategy in South Vietnam in 1956:https://vietnam.vassar.edu/documents/doc17.html.Then read Ngo Dinh Diem's Law 10/59:https://vietnam.vassar.edu/documents/doc6.html.Finally, read the 1960 Program of the National Liberation Front (NLF) of South Vietnam:https://vietnam.vassar.edu/documents/docnlf.htmla. What changes in the global balance shaped Le Duan's contention that the Communists could best win power in South Vietnam through a peaceful strategy?b. According to Le Duan, why was the success of the political revolution in South Vietnam inevitable? In his view, why did some revolutionary cadre still fail to understand and embrace fully the shift from military to political methods?c. By what methods did Ngo
Dinh Diem seek to destroy the Communist movement in South Vietnam through his Law 10/59?d. Based on the NLF's program and its specific mention of Law 10/59, how successful was Diem's anti-Communist effort?e. Why do you think the Communists shifted from Le Duan's peaceful revolution to an armed struggle through the establishment of the National Liberation Front's?f. What were the NLF's chief goals? Why do you suppose the NLF refrained from explicitly seeking to establish a Communist regime South Vietnam? What will be an ideal response?
What was the name of the British liner sunk by a German submarine in May 1915, which resulted in the deaths of more than a thousand passengers, including 124 Americans?
a. Lusitania b. the Ireland c. the Essex d. the Arabia