The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish-American War resulted from
a. naval battles in the Caribbean.
b. the war in the Philippines.
c. land battles in the Cuban campaign.
d. disease and contaminated food in both Cuba and the United States.
e. the poor performance of amateurish volunteer military units.
d
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Which of the following was a condition of the truce signed between the United States and North Vietnam on January 27, 1973?
a) North Vietnamese troops would remain in the South. b) American troops would remain in the South. Consider This: The terms of the truce virtually guaranteed future Communist control over all of Vietnam. See 31.1.2: Ending the Vietnam War. c) North Vietnam and South Vietnam would be separate states. Consider This: The terms of the truce virtually guaranteed future Communist control over all of Vietnam. See 31.1.2: Ending the Vietnam War. d) The government in the South would control all of Vietnam. Consider This: The terms of the truce virtually guaranteed future Communist control over all of Vietnam. See 31.1.2: Ending the Vietnam War.
The Sunni position advocates all of the following except:
a. the umma is a theocratic entity. b. the caliph is the absolute temporal and spiritual leader. c. a person who professes to be a Muslim by supporting Muslim tenets cannot be excluded from the umma automatically by even a mortal sin. d. the umma is a state under the authority first of the precedent of the Prophet and Qu'ran and second by the consensus of Muslims.
All of the following statements about Lyndon Johnson are true EXCEPT which of the following?
a. He supported an ambitious program of social reform. b. He declared an aggressive attack aimed at alleviating poverty. c. He was especially knowledgeable in all aspects of American foreign policy. d. He was very successful at getting domestic reforms passed in Congress.
The Versailles Treaty
A. gave sovereignty in the Ruhr to Belgium. B. granted Syria, Jordan and Iraq full independence. C. ended the civil war in Russia. D. established the United Nations, ardently desired by Winston Churchill. E. established a League of Nations, the agency ardently desired by Woodrow Wilson.