What was the cause of the first Punic War?
A) Carthaginian incursion into Sicily and Rome's desire to control the western Mediterranean
B) Phoenician colonists calling for help when brutally taken over by Carthage
C) Control of Sicilian grain exports between Carthage and Rome
D) Spanish colonists cut off from trade in the western Mediterranean rising up for control over Rome
E) North Africans attempting to overthrow the conquering Carthaginians and asking for Rome's assistance
A
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A) responded to violence with violence. B) gained no support from whites. C) gradually lost interest as their difficulties mounted. D) withdrew many of their demands. E) decided to strive for complete desegregation.
To what was Ronald Reagan referring when he spoke of the "evil empire"?
A) The Soviet Union B) The growing federal bureaucracy C) The New Deal electoral coalition D) The People's Republic of China E) The alliance between Iraq, North Korea, and Libya
What was the most significant consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
A) its virtual destruction of American Indians B) Britain’s staggering war debt C) the remaining French toehold in Quebec D) the assassination of George II E) a distaste for further fighting by the colonists
How did the very early American involvement in World War I change the course of the war? What effect did American forces have over the long run?
What will be an ideal response?