In April 1961, the CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
A) led to direct involvement of American troops in Cuba.
B) was unable to land because of bad weather.
C) failed because the Cuban people did not aid the invaders and the invaders were forced to surrender.
D) ousted Castro's government for a short time.
C
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According to its defenders in the late nineteenth century, college football
A) epitomized American democratic ideals, because all Americans played or watched the game. B) was a character-building sport that could function as a surrogate frontier experience in an increasingly urbanized society. C) was a safe sport that the nation's future business and professional leaders could undertake without fear of injury. D) would teach students the military discipline and skills necessary as the U.S. became a world power.
In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court
A. limited the appeals process for state convictions. B. ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police. C. established new guidelines for capital punishment cases. D. sharply limited government curbs on pornography. E. ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay.
Evaluate the following statement: The Kennedy Administration's efforts to "stand up to the Soviet Union" made the United States less secure
What will be an ideal response?
For industrial workers in antebellum manufacturing centers, "free labor" meant organizing trade unions to create a new economic independence and a new moral community
a. true b. false