Why were militarists able to gain and exert so much power in Japan in the 1930s? Did their control of government make the Pacific phase of World War II inevitable? Explain.

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The Mormons ultimately moved to the Great Salt Lake because

a. they were relentlessly harassed everywhere else they had settled. b. they believed it was to be the site of Christ's return to Earth. c. the area offered excellent farmland. d. the federal government offered them the land in exchange for dropping lawsuits against authorities in Illinois.

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The best known of the Methodist traveling frontier preachers or "circuit riders" was

a. Joseph Smith. b. Peter Cartwright. c. Dwight L. Moody. d. Charles G. Finney. e. John Humphrey Noyes.

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Argentina legalized prostitution in the late 19th century largely so that elite men could

A) discourage the spread of syphilis and other venereal diseases. B) weaken the patriarchal family structure that bound working class families together. C) secure an inexpensive outlet for the release of their sexual frustrations. D) collect revenues from, and establish control over, a population considered "dangerous."

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