Discuss and evaluate the response of President Truman to the anticommunist hysteria of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
What will be an ideal response?
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The prominent eighteenth-century essayist Judith Sargent Murray placed her greatest emphasis on the right of women to
A. serve in combat. B. divorce. C. vote. D. own property. E. obtain an education.
Expansionist attempts to annex Hawaii were thwarted in 1893 by
a. the Spanish-American War. b. Queen Liliuokalani’s alliance with American sugar producers. c. President Grover Cleveland’s reluctance. d. President McKinley’s fear of war with Japan. e. the resistance of American sugar producers in Hawaii.
Why was the Edict of Nantes revoked?
A) The belief was that territory controlled by the Huguenots could be turned back over to the monarch for better use. Also, a stronger attempt at forced conversion could be made legitimately. B) A desire for the land that the Protestants controlled would be assigned to Catholic nobles to force the conversion. C) A stronger attempt at forced conversion could be made legitimately D) To force the flight of Protestants to Protestant controlled countries E) As a demonstration of the absolute power of the monarch
Roosevelt regretted making the statement, "Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination," because he __________
a. ran for the office of president in the very next election b. ran for the office of senator at the end of his life c. appointed his successor, William Howard Taft, and controlled his actions from behind the scenes d. decided to run for the presidency eight years later e. was legally barred from running again after having served two full terms as president