In the ____, the United States partly impaired Cuba's independence by asserting its right to militarily intervene in Cuba and permanently maintain a naval base at Guantanamo
a. Teller Amendment
b. Platt Amendment
c. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
d. Foraker Act
e. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
b
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The idea that human beings are essentially evil and will behave in an orderly fashion only if compelled by harsh laws and punishments is most closely associated with the ideas of,
a. taoism b. legalism c. confucianism d. animisn
An example of Communist China's increasing activism in its foreign relations with its neighbors is its controversial claim to
a. Port Arthur.
b. Hokkaido.
c. the Spratly Islands.
d. Hong Kong.
e. North Vietnam.
In the fall of 1915, President Woodrow Wilson
A. ordered American troops to staging camps in England. B. sent Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan to broker a peace settlement. C. was firmly rooted within the peace faction of the Democratic Party. D. began to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces. E. stated that the United States was likely to enter the war within a year.
Which of the following is true of "black laws" passed by many Midwestern states in the 1850s?
a. These laws prohibited gambling of any kind and imposed strict penalties against bookmakers. b. These laws prohibited African Americans from living within the border of such states. c. These laws prevented the return of runaway slaves to their southern owners. d. These laws provided financial incentives to free black laborers willing to become permanent residents.