The area of trenches that was surrounded by barbed wire, heavy artillery, and poisonous gas was commonly termed
A) no man's land.
B) the war wastelands.
C) deadlock alley.
D) destruction point.
E) the disaster plan.
Answer: A
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All of the following prevented American Indian tribes from developing a unified resistance to the first European aggression in the 1400s and later in the 1500s and 1600s EXCEPT
A) American Indians thought of themselves as particular tribes or some other discrete population and not as American Indians or Native Americans. B) American Indians had very different conceptions among themselves of the goals and objectives of warfare. C) American Indian tribes were loath to break their trading relationships with Europeans that benefited their well-established trading networks. D) American Indian tribes were not prepared to drop European allies who could be enlisted to attack long-standing American Indian enemies.
Examine the image depicting Toussaint Louverture on page 124 of the textbook. What aspect of the image indicates how African Americans of the era viewed Louverture?
A) He is shackled to a tree, indicating that blacks pitied him. B) He is whipping a slave, indicating that blacks reviled him. C) He is making an agreement, indicating that blacks admired him. D) He is killing a woman, indicating that blacks feared him.
Senator Fulbright's public hearings on the Vietnam War
a. demonstrated that public officials were deeply divided over America's role in the Vietnam War. b. convinced President Johnson that he must find a way to honorably end America's role in the war. c. were merely an attempt by Senator Fulbright to embarrass the Johnson administration. d. indicated that Congress had turned a deaf ear to anti-war protests.
Whigs
a. opposed Henry Clay's call for strong government. b. advocated for the American System in economics. c. attracted only Northerners. d. detested the antimasonic movement.