A majority of Americans favored isolationism despite the situation in Europe for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) the problems of the Great Depression had them focused on improving conditions at home.
B) America was riddled with antisemitism and did not want to get into war over Jews.
C) they were influenced by some prominent Americans who respected and admired Adolf Hitler.
D) they did not want to bear the cost of war, which they feared would only deepen the Great Depression.
E) they were haunted by the memories and brutality of World War I.
D
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For women in the United States, the 1950s was a period when
A) male attitudes significantly changed concerning their role in society. B) they faced tremendous pressure to conform. C) fewer married women worked. D) they showed little resistance to returning to their traditional role in society.
Was the New Deal a success or a failure?
What will be an ideal response?
In an effort to modernize and compete with Western powers, Japan adopted a constitution modeled on that of
a. Bismarck's Germany. b. the Third Republic. c. the United States. d. Great Britain. e. Russian autocracy.
All of the following were characteristics of the Romans from origin to Republic to Empire, except they
A) showed great open-mindedness in borrowing from other societies. B) did not share citizenship with non-Romans. C) enslaved whole peoples. D) destroyed whole cites with little provocation. E) showed great generosity to defeated peoples.