The power of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, rested on
A) a system of institutionalized coercion and fraud.
B) the paternalistic distribution of favors to the poor.
C) the incorporation of dissidents into the state apparatus.
D) popular identification of the PRI with Mexican nationalism.
A
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A. looser restrictions on private property B. harsher restrictions on banking and finance C. new barriers to industrial growth D. trade unions
Which of these characterizes migration patterns in Latin America in the second half of the twentieth century?
A) In-migration was more common than emigration. B) Many more people emigrated every year than migrated within the region. C) Both emigration and in-migration tailed off steadily. D) Emigration to the United States far outweighed all other emigration figures.
Which of the following represented political divisions that divided the Democratic party in the presidential election of 1924?
a. "Wets" versus "drys" b. Immigrants versus old-stock Protestant Americans c. Northern liberals versus southern conservatives. d. Fundamentalists versus modernists e. All of these choices are correct.
What was the strategy behind the German tactic of Blitzkrieg?
a. Raining down massive artillery shelling on Britain. b. Directing bombing raids by the Luftwaffe. c. Rapidly mobilizing tanks and troops to overwhelm opponents. d. Defying a neutrality pact with Stalin and invade Poland without notice. e. Creating a single front war on the east after neutralizing France.