As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because
(a) new colonies had been acquired in Africa
(b) Spanish opposition to the canal had ended
(c) the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans
(d) United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods
Answer: (c) the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans
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The defense policy known as NSC-68 was based on the premise that __________
a. isolationism should continue to be a major part of American foreign policy b. appeasement of aggressive foreign powers should continue to be a major part of American foreign policy c. the Soviet Union wanted to take over the world and was a threat to the United States d. military spending was out of control and needed to be curbed immediately e. the United States was now so powerful that it did not need to worry about threats from foreign powers
Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of
a. Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation. b. a joint resolution rather than a treaty. c. a presidential order by Andrew Jackson. d. the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. e. a compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.
In response to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and other aspects of change, Louis XVI and his family
a. fled Paris but were captured and held prisoner. b. enthusiastically endorsed the secularization of the government. c. embraced the new Constitution of 1791. d. appealed to the people of France for calm in working out new departments. e. were executed by guillotine.
Before the loss to the Jurchens, Kaifeng, with a population of 500,000 by the mid-eleventh century, was considered one of the most prosperous cities in the world, rivaled only by
a. London. b. Paris. c. Cairo. d. Baghdad. e. Constantinople.