When the dictator of Nicaragua began negotiating with Europe to build a second canal the United States
a. paid that country $20 million dollars to cease negotiations.
b. assassinated him.
c. encouraged the negotiations, knowing that competition would lead to better service.
d. paid the European country to withdraw its offer.
e. sent the Marines to overthrow his regime
e
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During the Gilded Age, the Democrats and Republicans
a. had few significant differences over political or economic policies. b. were sharply divided over the questions of currency and the tariff. c. largely agreed on domestic policy but divided over foreign policy. d. fought fierce political battles over civil-service reform. e. were divided over silver vs. gold currency.
Catholicism was the official state religion of Spain and Portugal during the 1500s
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Why was the struggle for political and economic dominance in southern Africa so complicated and fiercely contested? How did migration patterns of the Boers in the 1830s and the political and economic ambitions of the British government in southern Africa collide with the goals and desires of native African groups such as the Zulus and Khoisan peoples?
What will be an ideal response?
What is Herodotus describing when he writes: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay from the swiftest possible completion of their appointed stage?"
a. Persian cavalry. b. Persian attack ships. c. Phoenician ships. d. Alexander's cavalry. e. Persian couriers.