During the Persian Gulf War, at the behest of Islamic fundamentalists, Saudi Arabia refused American troops access to their soil
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery, passed by Congress in 1865?
A. Twelfth Amendment B. Thirteenth Amendment C. Fourteenth Amendment D. Fifteenth Amendment
After another doubling of its population by 1800, China moved toward what some historical demographers have called a high-level equilibrium trap, a condition in which:
a. A country's neighbors are trapped into accelerating the level of reproduction in order to keep up with a rival's burgeoning numbers. b. Radical improvements in crops or technology is inevitable, given the large number of potential inventors. c. A “one-child” policy leads to a demographic imbalance, in which baby girls outnumber baby boys by a factor of 2:1. d. The land has reached its maximum potential for feeding a population, and the surplus population begins to starve.
All of the following is true about the Eighteenth Amendment, EXCEPT:
a. It symbolized the effort to preserve white, old-stock, Protestant values. b. Prohibition led to a dramatic drop in alcohol consumption. c. Prohibition was never well enforced anywhere. d. In 1926, only 19 percent of Americans supported the ban on liquor.
Which of the following statements about Andrew Johnson is incorrect?
a. He wanted to exclude planters from political leadership in the South, but then he undermined his intention by granting many pardons to this group. b. He was a lifelong Democrat with no interest in building the strength of the Republican party. c. He vetoed all of the congressional Reconstruction acts, only to have Congress override his vetoes. d. He cared deeply about obtaining just treatment for the freedmen