What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean when he said "Mexico will poison us"?
A) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was an unfair settlement.
B) The people of Mexico will harbor ill will against the United States for many years.
C) The outcome of the Mexican War will lead to further wars with Mexico.
D) The conflict over slavery will get worse, not better.
E) The Mexican War was won unfairly.
Answer is D) The conflict over slavery will get worse, not better.
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a) invasion to liberate Rome and Italy by the American Fifth Army b) Russian drive east to Berlin c) Allied army's freeing of Leningrad from the German siege d) second front in France, which the Allies created by launching an attack across the English Channel
The Truman Doctrine in the first instance was to provide aid to
a. Yugoslavia and Austria. b. Greece and Turkey. c. Greece and Italy. d. Poland and Turkey. e. Czechoslovakia and Austria.
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In the 1870s, the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment _____________.
A. made discrimination against African Americans unconstitutional and illegal B. placed no restrictions on state governments C. only protected citizens' rights against infringement by state governments, and did not apply to the actions of individuals or private businesses D. restricted only the actions of state governments