Evaluate the following statement: Although the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is usually cited as the beginning of World War II, America was already at war at the time
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: By December 7, 1941, the United States was supplying the British and patrolling the North Atlantic. It had already engaged the Germans on the high seas and had lost several ships, most notably the Reuben James. It had set up bases on Greenland, which belonged to
Denmark, which in turn had been conquered by Germany. Perhaps most important, the United States had agreed to the terms for fighting the war. The Atlantic Charter defined the war's Wilsonian ends.
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A) coal mining B) steel C) railroads D) textiles
What happened to tobacco prices around 1660?
A) ?They began a steady rise after having been stagnant for years. B) ?They surged to record levels. C) ?They plunged below the breakeven point for what was needed for a family to survive. D) ?They returned to the levels of the 1630s. E) ?They began to fluctuate each year.
France experienced all the following in the interwar period EXCEPT a
a. less painful Great Depression than either Germany or the United States. b. right-wing movement that sought to unite all the classes and restore French greatness. c. quick recovery from the Great Depression. d. failed fascist pseudo-revolt in 1934. e. Popular Front of leftist parties who introduced extensive reforms such as the forty-hour week.
A major native American victory by the Lakota Sioux against the United States armed forces came in 1876 at the battle of
A. Bleeding Kansas. B. Wounded Knee. C. the Plains. D. the Little Bighorn. E. Topeka.