Suppose you are a typical consumer of the postwar era. Describe your activities and abundance
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Transistors brought in new gadgets and appliances with television the main purchase. More staple appliances were purchased, as well as less essential items such as electric pencil sharpeners. Credit cards and installment plans encouraged buying.
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The term "Evil Empire" referred to the
a. the Soviet Union. b. Chinese government. c. United States in the rhetoric of Iran's revolutionary Islamic regime. d. Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. e. French government, as unofficially characterized by President Jimmy Carter.
How did the threat of Mongol invasion affect Japan?
a. Japanese clans took political control of their regions. b. Japanese merchants lost huge sums of money in the Mongolian markets. c. Japanese monks were held hostage. d. The Japanese military government spent a lot of time building coastal defenses, and training and outfitting their warriors. e. Japan reinstated direct imperial rule.
Compared to the French, Dutch fur traders were more likely to
A) remain celibate. B) marry Native American women. C) arrive with their families. D) return home soon.
A separate black community in Tennessee, inspired by European utopian communities was:
A) Pittsburgh. B) Douglass. C) Brooklyn. D) Nashoba.