The 1997 agreement at Kyoto was aimed at controlling which of the following threats to the world's environment?
A. global warming from the emission of greenhouse gasses
B. the destruction of the rainforests of Africa
C. the threat of nuclear war in central Asia
D. overpopulation
E. the extinction of large numbers of plants and animals
Answer: A
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a. They believed that high tariffs on alcohol were leading more people into poverty. b. They thought that large producers of alcoholic beverages were driving smaller companies out of business. c. They did not want Americans to import alcoholic beverages from other countries. d. They believed that drunkenness brought many social evils into society. e. They were worried that people were buying harmful liquor because alcoholic beverages were not regulated.
President Carter decided against attempting a military rescue to free the hostages in Iran
A) True B) False
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a. required that 60 percent of the states had to approve constitutional amendments. b. addressed the proportion of native-born Americans who had to be in each congressional delegation. c. stipulated how slaves would be counted when determining the number of representatives a state had. d. designated the vote needed by Congress to override a presidential veto.
Chester A. Arthur
A. upset reformers by supporting the political "spoils system." B. had long been a fierce opponent of Roscoe Conkling. C. quickly replaced most of James Garfield's appointees. D. supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform. E. was a political novice when he assumed the presidency.