Why did the CIA create the Contras?
A) to wage war on the new Nicaraguan government
B) to fight Soviet spies at home
C) to investigate leading Democrats
D) to gather information on eastern European communist leaders
A
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The economic effects of the Embargo Act were most keenly felt in:
a. the North. b. the West. c. the South. d. All sections of the country suffered about equally.
The civil war between Biafra and Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in the
a. victory of Christian forces in Biafra and permanent independence. b. defeat of Nigerian forces and a temporary cessation of hostilities. c. surrender of Biafra and an increased sense of Nigerian unity. d. utter destruction and near genocide of the Biafrian people.
What did the English census of 1851 reveal for the first time?
A) Britain's economy dominated Europe. B) Manchester surpassed London as a population center. C) A majority of Britain's population lived in urban areas. D) The male population surpassed that of the female. E) England no longer had a frontier.
In the mid-1880s, the open-range cattle industry declined as a result of
A. competition from Mexico. B. changing consumer habits in the East. C. Indian wars. D. disease. E. severe weather.