Why did the French people initially accept the Vichy government? Describe that government and how it lost support.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Vichy government headed by a World War I hero, Phillipe Petain
2. The German occupation, which devastated France and kept more than two million soldiers prisoners
3. Vichy's aggressive nationalist message, which included anti-Semitism
4. Germany's eventual, more direct control of France, leading to greater resistance
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Discuss the reasons for, the extent of, and the effects of poverty in America during the 1980s.
What will be an ideal response?
Advocates of "mercantilism" argued for all of the following EXCEPT that
A. governments should abstain from any involvement in the economy.
B. a nation prosperity depended upon a plentiful supply of bullion (gold and silver).
C. exports must exceed imports.
D. tariffs should be place on foreign goods.
E. governments should improve transportation facilities and grant trade monopolies to businesses.
Truman supported the establishment of an independent state of Israel, despite concerns held by leaders of the State, Army, and Navy departments that recognition of Israel would do all of the following EXCEPT
A) turn the Arab world against the United States. B) turn the large American-Arab population against the government. C) threaten U.S. and European access to oil. D) increase tensions in the Middle East and create a situation the United States would not be able to defend.
America's poorest minority group in the 1960s was the ________ , while today's fastest growing minority group in America is the ________
A) African Americans; Mexican Americans B) Native Americans; Mexican Americans C) Mexican Americans; Asian Americans D) Asian Americans; African Americans