Truman responded to the recommendations of NSC-68 by
a. approving all of the report's recommendations.
b. approving a moderate increase in military spending.
c. rejecting additional military spending as unfeasible.
d. asking the United Nations to create an agreement eliminating atomic weapons.
ANSWER: b
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a. resulted from a Roman invasion of Spain. b. was waged between Carthage and Rome over control of the island of Sicily. c. was begun with an attack by Hannibal. d. discouraged the Romans from developing their naval power. e. was caused by a Macedonian assault on Sicily.
Which of the following has NOT contributed to African economic missteps since independence?
What will be an ideal response?
The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved
a. by a short war initiated by American lumberjacks. b. by a compromise that gave each side some territory. c. when the territory in question was proven to be economically worthless. d. by the Caroline incident. e. by admitting Maine into the Union and New Brunswick into Canada.
Which of the following is true concerning Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Castro became close allies with China. b. Mao took advantage of the tension between America and Cuba to increase economic investments in Cuba. c. The United States and the Soviet Union were on the threshold of nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba. d. The Soviet Union, China, and Cuba created a Caribbean Military Pact. e. Cuba, fearing American attack, began to develop its own nuclear arsenal with aid from the Soviets.