What major American weakness pictured in this mock-up of Pearl Harbor that was made for a Japanese wartime film led to the Japanese victory at this naval station?
A) The lined-up battleships were easy targets for aerial bombs.
B) The Japanese did not believe that the United States would unite in war against them.
C) America's two aircraft carriers were destroyed in this attack.
D) A Japanese air strike destroyed storage tanks containing millions of gallons of fuel oil.
A
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What did the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye have in common with the January Edict?
A. Both restricted the liberties of Catholics in the French territories. B. Both were issued by a convening of German lords to define religious toleration in their lands. C. Both were issued by the French crown in an effort to grant religious freedoms to Protestants. D. Both were issued by Spain in an effort to direct the Protestant restrictions in the Netherlands.
Based upon your knowledge of the text, which of the following is the most plausible cause of the witch hunts?
A. The droughts causing famine, especially in Ireland, led to the death of many, and because the witches claimed to control the weather, they were to blame. B. Witches were primarily women, and because women bore children that were causing an economic and scientific panic, they were to blame. C. The corrupt government needed a distraction from the bad publicity, and because the same women that were suspected of being witches were spreading the news of corruption, politicians saw witch hunts as an answer to both of their problems. D. Religious divisions and warfare threatened the security of society, and the witches were the scapegoats of a social panic.
Which African-American individual was appointed to a prominent post in the federal government during the Kennedy administration?
A) A. Philip Randolph B) Thurgood Marshall C) Martin Luther King, Jr. D) Malcolm X E) Stokely Carmichael
Who of the following was present at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention?
a. Samuel Adams b. Thomas Jefferson c. John Adams d. Alexander Hamilton