The United States joined its allies in the Persian Gulf War in order to
a. regain control of the Middle East oil supply.
b. roll back Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
c. demonstrate that the U.S. military could conduct a major ground war thousands of miles from its home bases.
d. support Israel against the growing threat from the Arab states.
e. guarantee a permanent U.S. naval presence in the Middle East.
b
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Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson all took advantage of __________.
a. the freedom to conduct foreign affairs as they saw fit b. the right to run for more than two terms as president c. the isolationist views of most Americans d. the willingness of Congress to raise taxes
In dependence on primary products, African nations resembled________
A) Latin America in the early 1900s B) Europe in the Industrial Revolution C) contemporary India D) Asia in the 1800s
An analysis of various states' "grandfather clauses" shows that
A) they were not aimed at freed blacks. B) they were mainly aimed at recent immigrants. C) the Reconstruction period had ended and equality now existed. D) legal efforts were instituted to keep blacks from voting.
With the process of __________, household labor was transformed into an invisible and devalued activity.
a. gender division b. industrialization c. globalization d. modernization