Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
A) They were trying to assert control over Asia and force the United States out.
B) They had no apparent reason. It was simply an unprovoked act of aggression.
C) They were angry over American treatment of Japanese and black citizens.
D) They were retaliating for American use of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
Answer: A
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The Texas annexation treaty presented by President John Tyler to the U.S. Senate in 1844 failed to win Senate ratification because
A) the overwhelming opposition in the U.S. Senate by northern Whigs and northern Democrats to extending slavery to such a large would-be state. B) Henry Clay's support for the treaty could not overcome the belief of many skeptical southern Whigs that the linking of Texas and slavery by Tyler and his secretary of state, John Calhoun, was just a political gimmick to advance their political ambitions. C) the political leaders of the independent Texas republic expressed public misgivings about annexation by the United States. D) the strong opposition of the Mexican government to the Texas annexation treaty.
What occurred in a cartel?
a. A vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. b. Independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. c. Independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. d. Private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. e. Dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs.
President Zachary Taylor unknowingly helped the cause of compromise in 1850 when he
a. led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. b. supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. c. died suddenly and Millard Fillmore became president. d. ushered in a second Era of Good Feelings. e. decided not to run for re-election.
The development of Spanish influence in California in the mid-1760s and 1770s was facilitated by
a. the Black Legend. b. the establishment by Father Junipero Serra of a chain of Spanish missions starting in San Diego and up the California coast to Sonoma. c. existing permanent settlements of Native Americans in California. d. the lack of interest by Christian missionaries to Christianize Native Americans in California. e. the highly successful exploration of California by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.