What was the main complaint about the North American Free Trade Agreement in the 1990s?
a. It increased immigration from poorer nations.
b. It raised tariffs on exports, causing downsizing in many industrial corporations.
c. It allowed big corporations to replace American workers with foreign workers.
d. The government used it to bail out giant banks while individuals struggled with unemployment.
c. It allowed big corporations to replace American workers with foreign workers.
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Which of the following was not true about Mussolini's Fascist rule in Italy?
A. It gave him total control over all aspects of Italian life. B. It never achieved the totality of power in repression and media control that Germany did. C. It tried to involve all Italian youth in a program of indoctrination, but achieved only limited success. D. It maintained a program of traditional values in regard to women, and mutual acceptance and coexistence with the Catholic Church. E. It was strongly supported by business and large landlord groups.
Which of the following accounts for population growth in the Chesapeake during the latter part of the seventeenth century?
A. forced migration of Africans B. internal immigration C. higher birth rates D. All these answers are correct.
The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
a. James Madison. b. William Marbury. c. John Marshall. d. Samuel Chase. e. John Jay.
Which of the following best describes the war in Cuba and nearby islands?
A. The United States lost the war in Cuba but won a decisive battle in the Philippines and remained in control of the Philippines after the war. B. The United States forces suffered heavy losses but won a long, drawn-out struggle to defeat the Spanish. C. The United States won a quick and decisive victory, gaining the islands of Puerto Rico and Guam as well as defeating the Spanish in Cuba. D. The United States defeated the Spanish in some battles but was unable to dislodge them from their strongholds in Cuba and other Caribbean islands.