In the election of 2008
a. Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee.
b. John McCain was the Republican nominee.
c. Joe Biden was a vice presidential candidate.
d. Sarah Palin was a vice presidential candidate.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: E
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A) Spain reasserted its dominance. B) Prussia and Russia achieved military potential. C) the power vacuum of Poland and the Ottoman Empire tempted the major powers of Europe. D) Britain and France were involved in colonial rivalry. E) Habsburg Austria gained military strength.
Why did the United States initiate a series of defense pacts with other nations in the 1960s?
A) to prevent another world war B) to control nuclear development C) to strengthen the American economy D) to stop the spread of communism
By the fall of 1941:
A) the U.S. was fighting an undeclared naval war with Germany in the Atlantic. B) Americans were demanding that the U.S. formally enter the war. C) the U.S. had made no significant preparations for the coming war. D) both Germany and Japan were carefully avoiding any action which might bring the U.S. into the war.
During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"
A. was a description for all Asian immigrants. B. applied to all non-Indians who came to the Far West before the California gold rush. C. was an epithet used by whites to describe members of Chinese tongs. D. was a slang term for prostitutes in mining towns. E. referred to Chinese indentured servants.