Major developments in Latin America since 1955 have included
a. large increases in the incomes of peasants and industrial workers.
b. sharp reductions in foreign debt in the 1970s, as governments worked to reduce outsiders' control of their economies.
c. an end to the cultivation of coca and marijuana in the region by 1990.
d. an increase in the number of democratic regimes in the 1980s and 1990s.
e. the outbreak of serious interracial conflict, often sparking large urban riots and frightening outbreaks of savage "ethnic cleansing."
d
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A) ?was established in 1865. B) ?was run by the War Department. C) ?allocated one-third of its budget to schools. D) ?provided relief to former slaves and enforced labor contracts between former slaves and planters. E) ?All of these are correct.
Anita Hill opposed Clarence Thomas’s nomination to the Supreme Court because __________
a) she contended that he had sexually harassed her b) she had evidence he had forged a portion of his legal credentials c) he had fired her without cause d) she was a congresswoman who opposed his views on economic regulations
An American advantage in the war for independence was
A) an incompetent and unprofessional British army. B) a strong centralized government capable of organizing the war effort. C) British reluctance to engage in full-scale war against the colonies. D) the undivided loyalty of Americans to the patriotic cause.
Members of Young America supported which of the following?
A) establishing barriers to immigration and naturalization B) spreading slavery throughout the United States C) repealing the unpopular Compromise of 1850 D) admitting both Kansas and Nebraska as free states E) extending American influence throughout the Americas