Marco Polo's Travels provided Europeans with information about __________
A) North America
B) West Africa
C) North Africa
D) China
D
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The Radical Republicans in Congress approached Reconstruction with the conviction that
A. to keep faith with the antislavery crusade, the rights of freedmen must include rights for white and black women. B. to avoid any recurrence of southern resistance, the power of the planter class should be restored, with full land ownership. C. to complete the task of the war, slavery must be totally and irrevocably abolished. D. to heal the nation, the South should be treated with generosity and compassion.
Why was Josef Stalin so concerned about the Marshall Plan?
a) He worried that small countries he coveted, like Czechoslovakia, might join the Marshall Plan’s Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). b) He was angry that the Soviet Union was too impoverished by the war to make a similar gesture. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split. c) He was already planning to begin the Third World War. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split. d) He was deeply insulted by Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split.
The 2000 presidential election has the distinction of being
a. the most hotly contested election in history. b. the first election in more than a hundred years where the winner had fewer popular votes. c. the only election decided after multiple ballots. d. the only election where female voters outnumbered male. e. the first election in more than a hundred years where the Supreme Court stepped in.
Which of the following took place during the XYZ Affair and angered Americans?
A) ?The French demanded a bribe for American representatives to speak to their government. B) ?French agents conspired to get Americans involved more directly in their revolution. C) ?French officials threatened to sever all diplomatic ties with America if it didn't support their war with England. D) ?Both A and B E) ?All of these