The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to develop nations, was
a) Proposed by Kennedy and failed
b) Proposed by Johnson and failed
c) Proposed by Kennedy and succeeded
d) Proposed by Johnson and succeeded
Ans: c) Proposed by Kennedy and succeeded
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French claims in the New World focused on __________.
a. establishing agricultural plantations b. expanding settlement south to block Spanish claims in North America c. forging trading relationships with natives d. converting Native Americans to French Catholicism
The reports of the Spanish geographer al-Bakri confirm that religious attitudes in Ghana were characterized by
a. accommodation to different religious groups. b. the incorporation of new gods into the traditional pantheon. c. militant conversion to Islam. d. gradual conversion to Christianity.
At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman
A) demanded that Stalin resign as leader of the Soviet Union before the United States would negotiate. B) pressured the British to accept a communist government in Poland. C) sought to reduce tensions with the Soviets. D) learned that the United States had successfully tested an atomic bomb.
Organizations such as the American Bar Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the National Consumers League had the effect of
a. introducing charismatic personalities to political campaigns. b. making politics more fragmented and issue-focused than in previous eras. c. stifling debate on major urban issues. d. increasing the loyalty of the electorate to political parties.