In mid-1989, Lech Walesa and his Solidarity movement won free elections in __________.
a. East Germany
b. Poland
c. Hungary
d. Czechoslovakia
b. Poland
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Following the weakening of Spain, which nation dominated Europe in the early seventeenth century?
A. France B. England C. Germany D. Italy
In the mislabeled Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819, what was settled along with Spain´s ceding of Florida to the United States?
a. The United States agreed to relinquish its claims in Oregon. b. Spain ceded some vague claims on New Orleans to the United States. c. The vague western boundary of Louisiana was fixed, zigzagging northwesterly toward the Rockies. d. Spain´s Indian allies in Florida were granted a large tract of land in the new state of Missouri. e. The United States secured its formerly murky claims on Texas.
The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to
a. maintaining world caloric intake, per adult, at an average of 1700 calories per day. b. maintaining a rough military parity on the part of the superpowers to avoid a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. c. establishing tonnage targets to reduce the size of the United States and Soviet navies. d. equivalent national representation in the United Nations. e. the American policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Communist China.
As secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon:
a. increased taxes on the wealthy. b. began taxing lower income workers for the first time. c. secured substantial tax breaks for the affluent. d. believed tax breaks for low-income workers would stimulate economic growth.