Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to
a) Find out how destructive the bomb really was
b) Teach the Japanese military leaders a lesson
c) End the war and save American lives
d) Show how powerful the US was
Ans: c) End the war and save American lives
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Hitler solved the economic problems facing Germany in the Great Depression in large part by
A. pursuing a laissez-faire economic policy. B. giving "pump-priming" grants to local and regional governments. C. spending vast amounts of money on rearmament. D. pursuing a policy of personal involvement in all aspects of the economy. E. instituting state ownership of the major industrial corporations.
The _________________ was considered the most radical of all the Unions and its message appealed to many of the rank and file workers in the western extractive industries
A) ?American Federation of Labor B) ?Congress of Industrial Organizations C) ?Industrial Workers of the World D) ?Knights of Labor E) ?Teamsters
At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, General Thomas Gage, the commander of the British garrison in Boston,
A. believed the colonists' calls for independence were justified. B. was convinced that Americans would never actually dare to fight. C. offered to resign his command to avoid war. D. arrested Sam Adams and John Hancock near Lexington. E. considered his army too small to act without reinforcements.
America's minister to Britain, during the Civil War, under President Lincoln was
a. Charles Francis Adams. b. William H. Seward. c. Jefferson Davis. d. Edwin M. Stanton. e. Clara Barton.