What led most directly to the final defeat of Japan in 1945?
a. The flooding of Tokyo
b. The assassination of Emperor Hirohito
c. The use of nuclear devices
d. The liberation of Manchuria by Chiang Kai-shek's forces
e. The American troop landings on Japanese islands
c
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A) Roger Williams. B) Thomas Hooker. C) William Bradford. D) John Winthrop.
Which of the following was a consequence of the Pullman strike?
A) Railroad traffic ground a halt. B) The nation faced a steel shortage. C) Food prices skyrocketed. D) Riots broke out in several American cities.
The goal of the "Boxers" was to bring European-style democracy to China
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except
a. fear that the substantial American investment in Cuban sugar and other businesses would be lost. b. a belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented a national security threat to the United States. c. fear that Spanish misrule in Cuba menaced the Gulf of Mexico and the route to the proposed Panama Canal. d. sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom. e. the atrocity stories reported in the yellow press of William Randolph Hearst.