According to the text authors, in the 1950s, "the United States became identified with unpopular, undemocratic, and intolerant right-wing regimes" in the Third World. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
In the 1950s, Americans generally defined world peace as the absence of communism and the existence of order. A foreign policy based on that view accepted right-wing dictatorships because they were at the same time anticommunist and capable of maintaining order.
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A) Samuel Slater B) Eli Whitney C) Thomas Springer D) Francis Lowell
The parliamentary attempt to restrict westward movement following the Seven Years' War was called the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The most important changes in voting patterns in the postwar decades were the result of __________.
a. a surge in immigration b. Western migration c. the ratification of the Articles of Confederation d. the movement of state capitals to more central locations
What was the unique feature of the New Jersey state constitution?
A) It created a unicameral (one-chamber) legislature. B) It did not require voters to own property. C) It did not provide for an office of governor. D) It allowed some women to vote.