The United States slipped from its position as the world's industrial leader mainly because of
A) shrinking markets abroad.
B) failure to train workers adequately.
C) failure to invest sufficiently in its productive capacity.
D) overconcentration on electronic industries.
Answer: C
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The British went to war with the Zulu because
A) the Zulu denied them access to natural resources. B) the Zulu refused to cooperate with slave traders. C) the British perceived them as an obstacle to white control in diamond-producing regions. D) the British demanded tax payments and the Zulu refused. E) the Zulu demanded the Afrikaners abandon the Cape Colony.
Which of the following dealt a crushing blow to Native American resistance in the Southeast?
a. Battle of Fallen Timbers b. Battle of Tippecanoe c. Battle of Horseshoe Bend d. Sand Creek Massacre e. Battle of Wounded Knee
Impressionism refers to
A) a new sensitivity resulting from the rise in literacy. B) the powerful impact of traditional realism. C) a new style of painting that tried to capture how objects looked before they were “distorted” by the brain. D) yellow journalism. E) a style of painting that returned to traditional myths and symbols.
In the ____, the United States partly impaired Cuba's independence by asserting its right to militarily intervene in Cuba and permanently maintain a naval base at Guantanamo
a. Teller Amendment b. Platt Amendment c. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty d. Foraker Act e. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty