In addition to a lack of rain, another major cause of the Dust Bowl was __________
A. the overplanting of cotton
B. an unwise “great plow-up” of the native grasses that helped hold the soil in place on the plains
C. unusually cold temperatures for several consecutive summers
D. overuse of chemical fertilizers and weed-killing chemicals
B
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The development of a locomotive for use in public railways was first attributed to
a. George Stephenson. b. Werner Siemens. c. August Börsig. d. James Watt. e. Samuel Smiles.
The terrorist organization al-Qaida first appeared as a(n)
A. international organization to combat Western military intrusions in the Muslim world. B. political party that later rebranded itself as the Taliban. C. guerrilla organization fighting Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers. D. INGO similar to Doctors without Borders.
In the face of Orval Faubus’s refusal to implement the federal court order desegregating Little Rock Central High School, President __________ was forced to order the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock
A) Richard Nixon B) Harry Truman C) Dwight Eisenhower D) John Kennedy
Which of the following best explains why the number of Chinese people living in the United States declined dramatically between 1890 and 1920?
A) the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act B) political turmoil in China C) economic hard times in the United States D) the forced deportation of Asian Americans