The U.S. decision to join in a historic peacetime collective security alliance was prompted by a Soviet move to blockade Western access to ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Berlin
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Which of the following was the first permanent European settlement in the area that became the United States?
a) St. Augustine b) Plymouth c) New Orleans d) Jamestown
What constituted the “third leg” of the Triangle trade?
A. payment for slaves in gold in Africa prior to the Middle Passage. B. payment for slaves in the Americas with sugar-based products to be taken back to Europe. C. payment for slave ships in Europe to go to Africa. D. exchange of slaves for passage of cargo and colonists from Europe to America. E. None of these.
Unlike the first phase of industrialization, the second industrial revolution was led by ________
A) France B) the United States C) Great Britain D) Russia
Filibusters were used by United States Senators from the South in the 1950s and 1960s to
(a) block passage of civil rights bills (b) protest United States involvement in Vietnam (c) override presidential vetoes of environmental bills (d) gain approval of presidential appointments to the Supreme Court