How did Vietnam affect black participation in the armed forces?
A) Vietnam witnessed a return to segregated military forces.
B) Blacks were relegated to menial tasks and rarely fought in combat roles.
C) Blacks refused to serve in the Vietnam War, thinking it was a white man's war.
D) Blacks served in increasing percentages and were sent out for combat frequently.
Answer: D
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A) negotiating a peace treaty to avoid further loss of life B) modifying the unconditional surrender formula to allow Japan to keep its emperor C) an all-out, full-scale invasion of Japan D) destroying Japan with a series of atom bombs E) forcing Japan to surrender by threatening them with more atom bombs
How did Emperor Wu justify her legitimacy as emperor?
a. She was chosen by the Buddha. b. Confucian ethics allowed her to rule. c. It was prophesied in The Great Cloud Sutra. d. As a former regent, she was the most qualified. e. She claimed to be a great chakravartin.
The United States intervened in Cuba in 1898 in order to
A) prevent Great Britain from taking over the island. B) annex the island. C) protect U.S. investments on the island. D) avenge the sinking of the USS New Hampshire in Havana harbor.
In 1904, a Boston newspaper stated, "In the United States of today, everyone is middle class. The resort to force, the wild talk of the nineties are over. Everyone is busily, happily getting ahead." What was the focus of the "wild talk of the nineties"?
A) futuristic technological advances B) advances in industrialization C) war and conquest D) morality and religion E) social, economic, and racial reforms