It seems likely that Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, president of Guatemala, turned to the Soviet Union for military aid because ________________________.
A. the Soviet Union would sell him weapons without any restrictions on how those weapons would be used
B. he was working under the direction of the Kremlin to create a Soviet-dominated empire in Central America
C. Moscow would extend credit to Arbenz for weaponry purchases, but such purchases from the United States were on a cash-only basis
D. the United States was hostile to his government and its policies.
Answer: D
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Which of the following statements best represents Muhammad's attitude toward Christian and Hebrew prophets?
A) He thought that Jesus and previous Jewish prophets were spokesmen for God, but that their messages had been confused and misinterpreted. B) Muhammad felt that these prophets had not communicated with God and were simply demagogues. C) Although these prophets were true messengers of God, they had fallen out of favor with Him because of their divergence in acting out His will. D) Muhammad considered them false prophets of no value in understanding God's will. E) Muhammad rejected them as prophet of another God rather than Allah.
Senator McCarthy's anticommunist crusade ended when he
a. began to attack the personal integrity of General George C. Marshall. b. alleged that there were communists in Hollywood. c. alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service. d. alleged that many college professors were communists. e. maliciously and recklessly attacked the U.S. Army for allegedly sheltering communists.
The “three-fifths clause” of the Constitution gave disproportionate representation to __________
A) the slave states B) New England C) Ohio and Indiana D) large states
Lincoln's called for a "new birth of freedom" in the Gettysburg Address
Indicate whether the statement is true or false