As part of Cold War suspicions, what was the American interpretation of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan?
A. Saw it as an attempt to expand Communist influence into central Asia
B. Viewed American policies as weak in not declaring war
C. Moved American missiles in western Europe to Defcon 1
D. Read it as a challenge to the balance of power in the Persian Gulf.
E. Saw a massive conspiracy between Islamic fundamentalists allying with hardline communists.
Answer: D
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A. Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action. B. the United States declared war on Germany. C. the United States began leasing its submarines to Great Britain. D. Great Britain began an intensive campaign to build a submarine fleet. E. President Wilson prohibited Americans from traveling to Europe.
The maximum estimated number of Africans captured and taken into slavery over the whole course of the transAtlantic trade was
a. 300 million b. 100 million c. 75 million d. 50 million e. 30 million
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A) He introduced Communism to Italy. B) He became Italy’s first Socialist premier. C) His modified fascism became popular after the war. D) He rooted Marxism in a flexible and contextual political strategy. E) He was the father of the Italian industrial renaissance of the 1960s.