What propelled thousands of European fortune-seekers deep into the Amazon rainforest in the 1880s?
A. the discovery of diamonds
B. the demand for rubber
C. the collection of wild animal species
D. a gold rush
Answer: B
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A. the Soviet invasion of Hungary B. the Vietnam War C. the death of Joseph Stalin D. the Berlin Airlift
Which of these men led an uprising in Cuba in 1953?
A) Manuel Noriega B) Fidel Castro C) Oscar Romero D) Salvador Allende
What form of entertainment, characterized by low admission fees and a democratic approach, was geared for the masses in the late nineteenth century?
A) vaudeville B) European operas C) musical comedies D) Old World theater productions
When plantation worker Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote, she lost her job and her home and was __________
A) attacked by a white mob outside of her county courthouse B) run out of the state of Mississippi C) severely beaten in jail D) kidnapped by the Ku Klux Klan