Northern Democrats nominated which candidate in the election of 1860?
A. John Breckenridge
B. John Bell
C. Stephen Douglas
D. William Yancey
E. None of the above
Ans: C. Stephen Douglas
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Which of the following was true of American farmers in the late nineteenth century?
a. They complained bitterly about rising railroad rates. b. Their earning power fell steadily. c. They almost never mortgaged their land. d. They were unable to form economic and political alliances.
V. I. Lenin
A) was a central figure in the establishment of a provisional government. B) denounced the use of revolutionary violence in his "April Theses." C) with strong middle-class support, led the formation of a new, democratic labor party. D) remained in neutral Switzerland until the Armistice was signed. E) as a leader of the Bolsheviks, promised "peace, land, and bread."
How did John Foster Dulles react to the neutralist movement among some Third World nations? a. Believing that the leaders of Third World nations had to pacify their people by professing to be antiAmerican, Dulles worked tirelessly to provide more aid to most of the neutralist nations. b. Believing in the concept of self-determination, Dulles praised Third World nations for their independent
andpragmatic approach to the Cold War. c. Believing that such nations actually favored the United States over the Soviet Union, Dulles saw theneutralist movement as unimportant and non-threatening. d. Believing that neutralism was the first step to communism, Dulles was alarmed by the neutralist movement.
Prior to the 1880s the federal government believed that Indians could best be civilized by
a. Christianizing them.
b. relegating them to reservations.
c. democratizing tribal government.
d. teaching them the concepts of capitalism.