The American policy to resist the extension of Soviet expansion, in the expectation that eventually the Soviets would collapse from internal pressure, is called:
A. commandment.
B. constraint.
C. containment.
D. constriction.
E. détente.
C
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What was a consequence of the Doolittle raid?
A. It convinced Japanese leaders to relinquish control over outlying Pacific islands and concentrate on defending Japan's home islands. B. It convinced military commanders of America's forces in the Pacific that Japan was capable of bombing raids against the West Coast of the continental United States. C. The raid, which convinced Japanese commander Yamamoto that he needed to lure the United States into a decisive conflict, led to the Battle of Midway. D. Its success gave American forces in the Pacific confidence that Japan's air-defense system had been destroyed.
How were Africa and Africans affected by the global depression in general and the depressed agricultural prices in particular?
a. Since prices for tropical goods remained steady, most Africans did not have a drop in income. b. Colonial governments increased taxes on peasant farmers to make up for other economic losses. c. The British welfare system, enacted in Britain, was extended to its African colonies. d. Africans were forced to plant cash crops. e. Most African peasants resorted to subsistence farming.
Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892?
A. The entire Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to protect strikebreakers. B. Henry Frick shut down the plant in an attempt to destroy the Amalgamated union. C. Hundreds of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers. D. The Amalgamated trade union won the strike. E. One radical made a failed attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick.
The Anschluss of 1938 was between Germany and ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).