Why did the Bay of Pigs operation hurt the credibility of President Kennedy?
A) He denounced Fidel Castro as a dictator.
B) He supported the efforts of Cuban exiles against Fidel Castro.
C) He claimed that the United States had not been involved.
D) He refused to engage American air power against Cuba.
E) He took credit for an invasion that had been planned under President Eisenhower.
C
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Many members of Congress feared annexing Texas into the United States because:
A) the nation of Mexico seemed to be much more powerful than Spain. B) the government of Mexico raised taxes to curtail U.S. immigration to the region. C) they feared Santa Anna who abolished the Mexican constitution and declared himself absolute dictator. D) they were unsatisfied with Mexico's move to abolish slavery. E) the Missouri Compromise which crafted a delicate balance between slave and free states would be disrupted.
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment argued that
A) it would force women to serve in combat. B) women's rights were already secured by existing laws. C) it would endanger the protective legislation governing hours and wages for working women. D) All of the above.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.The abortion method, vacuum aspiration, is a very safe procedure and is safer than pregnancy. 2.Research shows that the long-term adjustment of the majority of women after mastectomy is poor. 3.Anyone with a cervix needs to have an annual Pap test. 4.Nearly all women will have an HPV infection at some point in their lives. 5.Transgender health issues differ greatly from cisgender health issues.
After serving four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress, Abraham Lincoln was propelled back into politics by the shock of
a. the Kansas-Nebraska bill b. the Dred Scott decision. c. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. d. Bleeding Kansas. e. the Fugitive Slave Law.