The most important development in the communications system in late nineteenth-century America was the ________
A) telephone
B) post office
C) telegraph
D) radio
E) transatlantic cable
Answer: A
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A) the Old Testament story of Moses and the Exodus. B) David and Goliath. C) the promise of a new-world order as in Revelations. D) the Sermon on the Mount, which promises heavenly rewards for earthly obedience.
In leading the revolutions of South America, Simón Bolívar advocated
A) that Spanish colonial rule be replaced with an indigenous monarchy. B) that ethnic nationalism be the basis of the new states. C) popular sovereignty. D) the abolition of slavery and full male suffrage. E) All these answers are correct.
The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was
A. Russia. B. Italy. C. Germany. D. Great Britain. E. France.
In response to the Boxer Rebellion, the United States
a. refused to accept any indemnity for the losses that it incurred while putting down this uprising. b. withdrew all American missionaries to China and renounced any economic interest in China. c. sent money but no troops to help a multinational contingent to crush the uprising. d. became an East Asian power. e. abandoned its general principles of nonentanglement and noninvolvement in overseas conflict.