Why did so many Americans agree to dramatic restrictions of civil liberties during the Cold War?
a. They understood that this was a necessary sacrifice for their protection against communism.
b. They felt confident that they still enjoyed sufficient civil liberties to protect
themselves against fascism.
c. Americans acquiesced largely out of a pronounced fear of communism.
d. Whites realized that they themselves would not be targeted, and that only
African-Americans would.
Answer: c. Americans acquiesced largely out of a pronounced fear of communism.
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A) The Aztec had no education system. B) The Inca had no education system. C) The Inca only educated noble sons; Aztecs practiced universal education. D) The Aztecs only educated noble sons; the Inca practiced universal education.
Which of the following would not characterize the Jesuit order?
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