Both Mexican military strategists and European observers expected Mexico to win the war with the United States handily.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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A. rights; divorce B. children; refuse sati C. family responsibilities; refuse a dowry D. religious freedom; remarry E. dowry; keep their wages
During the two years following ratification of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty, the United States Congress
a. removed the U.S. Army from California. b. authorized a constitutional convention. c. failed to agree on any system for California. d. made California a territory
The reunification of Vietnam under Communist rule in 1975 was followed by
a. a general peace throughout the entire region. b. Laos turning to the West for assistance in maintaining its independence. c. Vietnam allying itself with Communist China against the Soviet Union in the continuing dispute between the two Communist super-states. d. a slow abandonment of socialism in favor of modified capitalism in Vietnam. e. the emergence of a brutal revolutionary regime in Cambodia.
What was meant by the concept of a mandate in geopolitical terms?
A) Mandates were permission to extract oil. B) Mandates were locations set aside as colonies. C) Mandates were essentially occupied territories. D) Mandates were compulsory rules for Arabs. E) Mandates were areas liberated from the Germans.