Which of the following has led to significant tensions between the US and China in recent years?
A) An aviation accident that forced a U.S. Navy fighter plane to land on China's Hainan Island.
B) American outrage at the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
C) American support for an independent Taiwan and China's determination to hold the island.
D) China's distrust of the United States for their ongoing involvement in Southeast Asia.
E) American admonitions that China must improve its human rights record.
C
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How did Jackson's attitude and policies toward Native Americans compare to those of Jefferson?
a. Jefferson respected Native Americans and wanted to grant them their rights, whereas Jackson hated Native Americans and wanted to kill them. b. Jefferson always viewed Native Americans as noble savages, whereas Jackson always viewed them as children. c. Both men were ambivalent, tolerating Native Americans sometimes, while allowing for their displacement or murder at other times. d. Both men respected Native Americans and their culture, but were pressured by other politicians to remove them from their land. e. Both men vilified Native Americans, blaming them for the foreign conflicts (especially with Britain and Canada) and economic setbacks.
The reason that Asoka paid his military leaders was
a. to provide them with wealth. b. to give them a share of booty taken in battle. c. to keep political power in his own hands. d. to keep in step with tradition.
Which of the following was not a popular health or scientific movement in antebellum America?
A) Hydropathy B) Vegetarianism C) Epidemiology D) Phrenology E) Temperance
In the 1820s, the most prominent southern leader, the highly successful secretary of the treasury under Monroe, was
A) John C. Calhoun. B) Henry Clay. C) William Henry Harrison. D) William H. Crawford.