The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because they
a. sold their rights to Philippe Bunau-Varilla.
b. had already spent large sums on a failed canal effort.
c. confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War.
d. were involved in a war with India.
e. accepted American domination of Latin America.
c
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A. It was vetoed by President Eisenhower. B. It suspended literacy tests for voting. C. It outlawed racial discrimination in public accommodations. D. It created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
During the Tanzimat era, the Ottoman Empire sought to copy __________ legal and military institutions and the secular values flowing from liberalism.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The _________ census was the first to show that more people lived in urban areas than rural
A) 1900 B) 1910 C) 1920 D) 1930
On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated in the Bosnian city of
A. Trieste. B. Prague. C. Belgrade. D. Sarajevo. E. Mostar.