The My Lai Massacre is significant not only for its tragic violence against civilian women and children, but also because
A) It transformed William Calley into a national hero.
B) It contributed to U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War.
C) Massive numbers of American soldiers died in a retaliatory raid.
D) Photos and news coverage of this event contributed to the growing anti-war movement.
E) All of these choices
E
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Which identifies a key reason for why Cortés was able to conquer Montezuma, the Aztec emperor?
a. Montezuma's unarmored horsemen were unable to fight the armored horses that Cortés brought with him. b. Cortés convinced the Aztecs to fight against their own corrupt leader, Montezuma. c. Cortés and his men overwhelmingly outnumbered the Aztecs. d. Cortés was able to recruit thousands of nearby Native Americans who helped him defeat Montezuma. e. Montezuma believed that the Spaniards were gods and did not resist them at first.
The collectivization of agriculture under Stalin was characterized by
A) failure, and the peasants quickly returned to their private plots. B) the cooperation of kulaks. C) the destruction of the collective farms. D) immediate financial benefits for most of the peasants. E) widespread famine.
Reagan was called the Teflon president because:
a) he spoke softly and carried a big stick, especially in foreign policy b) he consulted Nancy Reagan and her favorite astrologers on certain policy questions c) policy failures or adverse results rarely seemed to hurt his good political image d) once he was scratched, he was ruined
The Erie Canal was completed in
A) ?1825. B) ?1830. C) ?1832. D) ?1837. E) ?1840.