Events in the Watts section of Los Angeles in 1965 showed that
a. the Democratic Party was calming the anger of poor Americans.
b. grassroots democracy was succeeding by using nonviolence.
c. there was growing power in nonviolent civil disobedience.
d. racial unrest could result in violent riots.
ANS: d
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A) found its influence in world affairs considerably diminished. B) had become a debtor nation. C) no longer pursued a foreign policy of isolation from the world. D) returned to its traditional isolationist policy.
Between 1945 and the late 1970s,
A. of the nations of Europe, only France had fully recovered from the physical devastation of World War II. B. the British governments abandoned the "welfare state" after losing Britain's empire. C. Charles de Gaulle had crafted an ingeniously oblique fascist state until he was toppled from power due to his inability to restrain terrorism in Algeria and Vietnam. D. the gross domestic product of France grew at an average annual rate of 5.5 percent during the decade following 1958. E. British economic growth averaged over ten percent per year during the 1950s.
In 1953 the CIA staged a coup in Iran that
a. ensured that it would develop a democratic government. b. led to the rise of a communist state. c. established a popular, pro-western government d. overthrew a legitimate elected government to establish a ruthless dictatorship. e. resulted in the creation of five new nations in that region.
What did John Foster Dulles call the buildup of atomic warheads and the implied threat of using them?
A) ?brinksmanship B) ?containment C) ?covert action D) ?domino theory