The "greatest single step" toward the American Civil War was the
A) Fugitive Slave Act.
B) Missouri Compromise.
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D) Compromise of 1850.
C
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What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in Missouri about an "iron curtain"?
A) the division that had developed between President Truman's loyal supporters in his home state and his opponents in the rest of the country. B) a division between Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent. C) the barrier that had to be established in order to contain communism within its existing boundaries. D) the cultural and intellectual barrier that prevented Westerners from understanding Asia. E) the atomic espionage ring supposedly organized by Klaus Fuchs.
Diego Rivera is best known as a
a. Mexican muralist. b. Mexican author that celebrated the ideal life of the gaucho. c. Brazilian leader that forced industrialization on his country. d. leader of the "shirtless" in Argentina. e. President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
What was the impact of the Tanzimat reforms in West Asia and North Africa?
a. Growing feelings of a common cause united the Ottoman Empire. b. Anti-Turkish sentiment grew along with desire for autonomy. c. Anti-Western feelings combined with pro-Turkish unity. d. A sense of shared Muslim Arab culture strengthened the Ottoman Empire.
The purpose of Richard M. Nixon's so-called "Checkers speech" was primarily to
A) promote a commercial product. B) announce his campaign for office. C) lampoon one of his opponents. D) share details about his home life. E) defuse a political scandal.