Prior to World War II, military spending had constituted about 1 percent of gross domestic product in the United States; in the Cold War years, it was closer to
What will be an ideal response?
10 percent.
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a. collecting taxes b. helping workers secure labor contracts c. reuniting families d. establishing schools
Why did French authorities stop importing slaves into Louisiana in the first half of the eighteenth century?
A. because the costly Natchez rebellion had persuaded them to stop importing slaves B. because French Louisiana did not produce crops that required slave labor C. because they switched to using enslaved native people for their labor D. because they were profoundly against the institution of slavery
There are San rock paintings discovered in Africa that depict illustrations of ritual ceremonies directed by the village shamans to
A. induce rain. B. propitiate the merchants. C. bring nirvana. D. prevent floods. E. prevent war.
Chinese workers performed the most dangerous operations in the building of the transcontinental railroad
Indicate whether the statement is true or false