The United States aided the British during the war effort in 1940, despite declaring neutrality, by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A. sending military supplies to the British.
B. trading badly needed warships for leases on British naval bases.
C. convoying ships across the Atlantic to help the British survive.
D. passing on military intelligence to the British.
E. sending an elite air unit to help defend London.
E
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A) 49 B) 59 C) 79 D) 69
If striking workers in an industry considered vital to national security refused a presidential order to return to work, Truman requested that Congress
a. fire all strikers and prevent them from ever returning to their jobs. b. imprison strikers who refused to negotiate in good faith with management representatives. c. force labor and management to settle their differences within a specified period of time. d. draft all such strikers into the armed forces.
Coronado and Oñate were both initially drawn to New Mexico in a quest for __________.
A. a wealthy Indian empire B. religious freedom C. new agricultural lands D. Indian slaves
The national market economy created a society that was more differentiated and specialized. That new condition, in turn, caused
A. an increased pride in craftsmanship that became more important than just sheer productivity. B. a class of newly rich, most of whom came from lower-class farm-family backgrounds. C. an increasingly unequal distribution of wealth in society, with those at the top controlling a greater share. D. specialized labor unions that grew most rapidly in the depression of the late 1830s.