Why did the publication of the Zimmermann telegram heighten Americans' sense of a threat to their national security?
A) It proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I.
B) It urged Mexico to launch a surprise attack on the United States.
C) It revealed that German U-boats had been ordered to patrol off the coast of the United States.
D) It revealed Germany's plans to resume unrestricted submarine warfare.
A
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Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts?
A. The colonists did not believe that Parliament had the power to regulate trade. B. These acts placed a financial burden on many colonists who were already suffering from the effects of a depressed colonial economy. C. These acts placed restrictions on the type of legislation that could be enacted by colonial assemblies. D. The colonists contended that Parliament had no legislative power in the colonies.
Theodore Roosevelt believed that the most effective means of dealing with big corporations was to
A) rely on the laws of supply and demand. B) nationalize basic industries. C) regulate rather than eliminate them. D) take a hands-off approach.
During this period, the shift to agriculture coincided with advances in stone tool technology, thus providing the rationale for its being named the:
A. Paleolithic Age. B. Neolithic Age. C. Chalcolithic Age. D. Bronze Age. E. Stone Age.
The vague plans for political modernization under the Meiji Restoration of 1868 were called
A. The Declaration of Rights of Citizens. B. The Five Point Plan C. The Magna Carta D. The Charter Oath E. The Emancipation Proclamation