Under President George H. W. Bush, Colin Powell held what important position?
a. Secretary of State
b. Secretary of Defense
c. Director of the CIA.
d. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
d. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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The Second Great Awakening affected women in which of the following ways?
A. The movement adversely affected women by blaming them for the sins of American society. B. The only impact the movement had on women was to reinforce the cult of domesticity. C. By participating in organizations advocating moral reform, many women became politically involved for the first time. D. Both the Episcopal and Methodist denominations allowed women to rise to the rank of bishop.
Which of the following is an Enlightenment idea argued by Newton and Locke?
A) The universe is a disorderly place that cannot be explained by humans in a rational way. B) Government was created to protect monarchies and elites. C) If government failed to protect natural rights, humans had the right to overthrow it. D) All people, except women and blacks, should be given the same rights.
Which of the following best describes the experience of the Belgian colony of the Congo?
A) A private, royal plantation that exploited natural resources and brutally treated the natives. B) Whole agricultural districts were taken from Africans for the exclusive use of whites. C) The colony was administered through assimilation and association. D) The monarch of Belgium allowed Africans to be converted to Catholicism. E) It was established as a refuge for freed Africans from intercepted slave ships after the slave trade was banned.
Which of the following statements regarding Benedict Arnold is FALSE?
A. Arnold had previously foiled the advance of Barry St. Leger into the Mohawk Valley. B. Arnold spent the last years of the Revolution as a prisoner of war. C. Arnold was an American military hero early in the war. D. During the war, Arnold grew convinced the American cause was hopeless. E. Arnold conspired with the British to betray a Patriot stronghold at West Point, New York.