The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II
A. was supported by the Soviet Union.
B. had a powerful military.
C. was remarkably democratic.
D. was pro-Western.
E. was backed by communists in China.
Answer: D
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a. Colorado b. New Mexico c. Oklahoma d. Texas
The colony of Georgia was established in order to provide
a. profits for the investors of a joint-stock company. b. a defensive buffer for South Carolina. c. a model of interracial cooperation between English settlers and freed slaves. d. territory for the creation of royal sugar plantations. e. reservation land for Indian resettlement.
One of the Hellenistic kingdom that succeeded Alexander was that of the
a. Seleucids in Egypt. b. Attalid Kingdom of Pergamum in Persia and the East. c. Ptolemies in northeastern Asia Minor. d. Ptolemies in Egypt. e. Etruscans in Italy.
At an April 7, 1954 news conference, President Eisenhower argued that the U.S. needed to prevent the fall of Vietnam to Communism because
A. a Communist victory in Vietnam would result in other nation's falling to Communism like a "row of dominoes." B. European security depended on continued access to Vietnam's markets. C. the inclusion of Vietnam's awesome industrial base in the Communist Bloc would tip the global balance of power in Moscow's favor. D. victory in Vietnam would permit the Vietminh to launch large-scale conventional attacks against neighboring non-Communist states such as Thailand and Cambodia.