Under the treaty signed with Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the United States paid $10 million and agreed to an annual rent of $250,000 in exchange for which of the following?
A. Rights to a deepwater naval base in Puerto Rico "in perpetuity"
B. Control of a 10-mile-wide strip of land in Nicaragua "in perpetuity"
C. Control of a 10-mile-wide strip of land in Panama "in perpetuity"
D. Rights to a deepwater naval base in Cuba "in perpetuity"
Ans: C. Control of a 10-mile-wide strip of land in Panama "in perpetuity"
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The Reformation ran counter to the development of modernity by
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