The “Reagan Doctrine” was that the United States would support anti-Communist resistance anywhere
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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The Ku Klux Klan collapsed after __________
A) several major leaders were convicted of sexual and financial crimes B) it was unmasked as a secret communist conspiracy C) new federal laws made membership a crime in 1927 D) evangelist Billy Sunday denounced it in a widely reprinted sermon E) southerners abandoned it as being unlike the Reconstruction-era Klan
The British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733 to
a. stimulate the colonies' "triangle trade" with Africa and the West Indies. b. satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money. c. inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies. d. increase the colonists' standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants. e. require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.
By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because
A. landowners in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant wages. B. of a declining birthrate in England. C. the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture. D. colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants. E. of worsening economic conditions in England.
The collapse of Brazil's rubber cycle was due to
A) a blight on the rubber trees. B) attacks on rubber collectors by hostile natives. C) competition from more efficient plantations in the Far East. D) the development of synthetic rubber.