Why did Ngo Dinh Diem and President Eisenhower refuse to allow national elections in Vietnam as called for in the Geneva accords?
a. They believed the elections would have been virtually impossible to administer.
b. They held that the 1955 South Vietnamese election had given Diem a mandate to govern.
c. They feared that Communist leader Ho Chi Minh would win.
d. They realized that the Communists would never allow a genuinely free election.
c
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Referred to as a “rehearsal for Reconstruction,” an attempt to cultivate a free black community in the South under northern administration occurred at __________ in South Carolina
a) Port Royal b) Fort Sumter c) Charleston d) Columbia
After the Seven Years' War, Britain kept several thousand troops in the colonies, for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to
A. ensure the submission of French Canadians and Spanish Floridians. B. encourage American acceptance of Grenville's new measures. C. enforce the Proclamation of 1763 by providing protection to colonials settling west of the Appalachians. D. monitor relations between Indians and colonials.
The periodization following the collapse of the Mycenaean Bronze Age in which there was cultural reversion is known as the ____ Age
a. Iron b. Bronze c. Copper d. Steel e. Onyx
Which of these led voter participation in elections to increase dramatically between 1824 and 1840?
A) The population of the U.S. grew, so the number of voters increased. B) People who had been migrating were settled and could register and vote. C) African Americans in the North were given permission and encouragement to vote. D) Politicians changed campaigning practices, drawing in more voters. E) Native Americans in the South and West were given permission and encouragement to vote.