What did the Suez intervention of 1956 prove?
A. The United States had little power to stop a determined Britain.
B. Western Europe could not impose its will on the world without U.S. support.
C. The United States had little power to stop a determined France.
D. The new states in Africa and the Middle East were still, essentially, European colonies.
Answer: B
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In countries that militarized large portions of the population and developed large and powerful armed forces, the armies often became
a. deeply conservative and opposed to change. b. revolutionary and overthrew the existing political regimes. c. a vehicle that led most often to civil war. d. politicized agents of the state.
The success of Christianity is widely believed by historians to have been due to its
a. promise of salvation, its familiarity, and its universality. b. complexity of initiation and its ability to satisfy people's desire to be part of a political community. c. acceptance by Diocletian. d. strong following among aristocratic Romans after 75 C.E. e. anti-Semitism.
Why did Roosevelt announce the Roosevelt Corollary?
A) to gain power in the Pacific region B) to keep European powers out of Latin America C) to reshape the Monroe Doctrine completely D) to forgive Latin American national debts E) to gain access to Panama for canal construction