Which of the following led to a year-long investigation by the House of Representatives during the Civil War?
a. It was learned that leading peace Democrats in the Senate gave top secret information to the Confederacy.
b. The press revealed that the secretary of state had ignored Confederate overtures for peace negotiations.
c. There were stories of war profiteering by contractors who sold
inferior merchandise to the government atinflated prices.
d. It was learned that the secretary of war received kickbacks from government contractors.
c
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How would one BEST characterize Columbus's search for gold in Hispaniola?
A) a mostly successful effort using the forced labor of the Tainos natives B) a mostly unsuccessful effort using the forced labor of the Tainos natives C) a mostly successful effort using volunteers from the Tainos natives D) a mostly unsuccessful effort using the free labor of the Tainos bartered for Spanish goods such as swords
Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 in the belief
a. the United States would not fight. b. Britain would be knocked out of the war before the United States could have any effect on the outcome. c. it would encourage the Bolsheviks to take Russia out of the war. d. it would throw the American presidential election into chaos. e. all of these choices.
Which of the following was NOT among those groups who reacted against the momentous cultural changes of the 1920s?
A. the Roman Catholic Church B. the second Ku Klux Klan C. the NAACP D. fundamentalist Protestant clergy
Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included
A. low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers. B. the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union. C. the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses. D. the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba. E. hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union’s consumer boom.