Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the "new" immigrants to the United States came from:
a. northern and western Europe
b. southern and eastern Europe
c. Canada and Latin America
d. China and Southeast Asia
Ans: b. southern and eastern Europe
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The "Wisconsin Idea" was promoted by Governor Robert LaFollette as a way of:
A) controlling large industries. B) protecting state forests and watersheds. C) applying academic scholarship and theory to human needs. D) strengthening direct democracy.
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A) It helped create more favorable conditions for the declaration of a truce in this conflict B) It led to a greater influx of Communist troops from China and the Soviet Union to Korea. C) It forced North Korea to surrender to UN troops. D) It led to a withdrawal of Communist troops from the Korean peninsula.
At the Potsdam meeting in July 1945, the victorious Allies agreed to
A) hold free elections in all of Europe liberated from the Nazis. B) have future discussions on international control of the atomic bomb. C) divide Germany into four zones of occupation. D) exact no reparations from Germany because the reparations after World War I had helped cause World War II.