Why did OPEC nations initiate an oil embargo on the United States in 1973?
To raise prices and maximize their profits
To help the Soviet Union appeal to Third World nations
To reduce U.S. consumption and thus avoid an oil shortage
To punish the United States for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War
To punish the United States for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War
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Which of the following territories was not linked to the United States as part of a post-colonial empire in the early twenty-first century?
a. Virgin Islands b. Guiana c. Puerto Rico d. Virgin Islands e. Samoa
Which of the following statements about the American Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1838, is MOST accurate?
a. Unlike most other prominent anti-slavery societies, it openly advocated the use of violent force in place of moral suasion. b. Although the society was interracial, black men were not allowed to hold positions of leadership. c. Black and white men shared positions of leadership within the society. d. The society refused to admit white members in order to demonstrate blacks’ ability to manage their own institutions.
Boston newspaper editor William Monroe Trotter was a passionate advocate of:
A) full and immediate equality for African Americans. B) Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation with the white South. C) Edward Blyden's back-to-Africa program. D) the redeployment of federal troops in the South.
Much of the direct, written evidence for the early period of the Zhou dynasty comes from inscriptions on
a. oracle bones. b. cups. c. the walls of the kings' palaces. d. bamboo strips.