The Republicans were successful in the election of 1860 because __________
a. they compromised on the issue of slavery
b. they were able to win decisively in the North
c. they won significant southern support
d. Abraham Lincoln offered the potential for sectional harmony
e. the Democrats dropped out of the race
B
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A) Grant. B) Sherman. C) Sheridan. D) Hooker.
The key to the immediate postwar revival of Europe was
A) the United Nations. B) the Common Market. C) COMECON. D) the Marshall Plan. E) the Warsaw Pact.
Which of the following did the "new conservatives" not advocate?
A. Victory over communism instead of containment. B. A return to older moral standards. C. Gun control. D. Extending social security benefits. E. The impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren.
The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953
a. was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. b. saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." c. was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. d. led to the permanent defeat of the communist military forces. e. was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French.