Why did the Japanese enter World War II? Why was their campaign against the United States a failure?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Japan's lack of material resources, which led to expansionist policies
2. Domination of the Japanese government by the military
3. The United States' significant advantage of industrial capacity
4. The role of the atomic bombings in bringing an end to Japanese resistance
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Which of the following is most consistent with the belief expressed by Stokely Carmichael in his 1966 call for Black Power?
A. To right the wrongs done against them, African Americans should move to several southern states, take them over, and push white residents out. B. To be truly free from white oppression, African Americans must elect black candidates, organize their own schools, and control their own institutions. C. African Americans can gain independence and dignity only by returning en masse to Africa. D. African Americans must seek revenge for the wrongs done against them by forming vigilante groups to assassinate prominent whites.
Which of the following describes the traveler in this chapter, Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake?
a. All of the answers are correct. b. Although her mother was English, her family lived on the Indian reserve. c. She considered herself a patriotic subject of the British Empire. d. Her poems often emphasized the exploitation of the Indian nations. e. She made a living from her poetry.
The root of the problems that farmers faced in the 1920s was _____
A) crop disease B) foreign competition C) high labor costs D) overproduction E) high tariff rates
Largely as a result of the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone became a symbol of which of the following?
A. Altruism and personal sacrifice B. Humility and purity of thought C. Individualism and freedom D. Selfishness and greed