Why did the Monroe Doctrine make little impression on European powers?
a. The Europeans were too occupied with losing their colonial power in the Americas to care about trade embargoes in the United States.
b. The Europeans did not see the United States as a significant enough military power to feel threatened about their support of Latin American independence.
c. Europe, especially England, could not predict how powerful an influence the United States would have on independent markets in Latin America.
d. Communication was so poor that the European powers did not receive news of the Monroe Doctrine until after they had given up Latin America.
e. Maps were so inaccurate that European powers did not have a sense of how close the United States was to much of Latin America.
B
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King Henry IV stunned France, Spain, and the Pope by:
A. publicly abandoning the Protestant faith and embracing Catholicism. B. publicly abandoning the Catholic faith and embracing Protestantism. C. declaring France Protestant, but hoping it to remain politically weak. D. declaring France Catholic, but hoping it would remain politically weak. E. executing two hundred militant Protestants.
The massive conscription needed to protect France from invasion, resulted in
a. creating the largest army in Europe. b. turning the government of the Jacobins toward an expansionist mode. c. creating a strong sense of nationalism among young men from various French provinces. d. the rise of an army against the Jacobins. e. the dismal failure to push back the Austrian and Prussian invasion.
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a) Du Bois’s vision of an elite base of black leaders b) a highly decorated black regiment in the First World War c) an influential group of black lawmakers d) the black leadership in the Socialist Party
What was the goal of the United States in the reconstruction period of World War II?
A. To establish democratic and capitalist markets in newly liberated regions B. To prevent the rise of dictatorships like those of Hitler and Mussolini C. To ensure a stable economy to avoid another Great Depression D. To rebuild economic markets for American industrial products E. All of these.