The chapter introduction juxtaposes the stories of Marines in Vietnam and National Guardsmen at Kent State to make what point?
A. In the Vietnam War, the military was less the villain than the victim.
B. Poorly prepared and ineptly led armed forces led to America's defeat at home and abroad.
C. Communist infiltration could harm Americans just as it did the South Vietnamese.
D. America divided over the fundamental question of who was a true friend and who the real enemy.
Answer: D
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A) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy was larger than imagined at the time. B) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy had the support of white abolitionists. C) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy never existed. D) The evidence strongly suggests that the conspiracy was led by another man.
Henry the Navigator was the __________
A) younger son of the king of Portugal B) heir to the Portuguese throne C) king of Portugal D) adopted son of the king of Portugal
Thomas Jefferson believed that his mission as president was to
a. return to the original spirit of the revolution. b. end the republican experiment in government. c. encourage the growth of the federal government. d. end slavery. e. support the establishment of a strong army and navy.
Between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, race relations in Virginia exhibited all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
a. new slave codes were imposed based on Caribbean models. b. new laws barred interracial marriages and sexual activities. c. free blacks witnessed an erosion of their social standing and civil rights. d. black slaves grew less rebellious as the number of African-born slaves dropped.