After England put economic restrictions on American exports to the British empire, American manufacturers wanted state legislatures to:
a. petition Parliament to restore favored trading status
b. pass laws that would embargo British goods in America
c. publicize the poor quality of British goods
d. enact high tariff duties so people would buy American goods
D
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Which of the following was NOT one of Lenin?s demands of April 16, 1917?
A) all power to the Soviets B) elimination of all Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries C) nationalization of all land D) immediate peace with the Central Powers E) a revolution against social oppressors
The increased brutality of the war as it continued was illustrated against Germany by the
a) dropping of an atomic bomb on Berlin. b) allied use of mustard gas bombs on German towns. c) saturation bombing of the town of Dresden, inflicting between 250,000 and 400,000 casualties. d) mass execution of over 100,000 Nazi sympathizers outside Paris once France was liberated. e) use of V-1 and V-2 rockets to carry bombs deep into German territory.
When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
a. unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry. b. plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry. c. poor housing conditions in the urban slums. d. use of chemical additives and preservatives in the meat industry. e. unhealthy effects of beef consumption.
In Schenck v. United States (1919 ) the Supreme Court declared that laws did not violate the rights of suspected radicals because they presented "a clear and present danger."
Indicate whether the statement is true or false