The colonization of the Belgian Congo is noted for the
A) spirited resistance of the Congolese people.
B) brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.
C) policy of free trade that encouraged merchants from all countries.
D) humane policies of the Belgian government toward the Congolese people.
E) All these answers are correct.
Answer: B) brutal treatment of the Congolese people by King Leopold II.
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a. thousands of Mexicans who entered the United States across the Rio Grande River. b. mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North. c. recruitment of Jewish workers by agents of American industrialists. d. westward expansion of ethnic workers from eastern and southern Europe.
The "social conscience" of the New Deal was supplied by the compassion of
A) Eleanor Roosevelt. B) Henry Morganthau. C) Father Coughlin. D) Harold Ickes.
Which one of the following statements accurately describes how various groups viewed Texas in 1821?
A. Mexican officials saw Texas as a potential source of great wealth for their new nation, if peace could be maintained. B. Indians native to the area saw themselves as subjects of the Spanish king and were confused about what Mexican rule might mean. C. Native-born Tejanos (Hispanics) were so disgusted with a decade of violence and chaos that they wanted Texas to be annexed by the United States. D. American frontiersmen viewed Texas as future American territory, since it was a logical extension westward of the southern Cotton Kingdom and the Louisiana territory.
What was the most important change in liberalism by the beginning of the twentieth century?
a. Greater respectability attracted more supporters from the old, aristocratic elite. b. Liberalism totally converged with socialism. c. Protection of individual rights was no longer important. d. Traditional laissez-faire liberalism developed into a more socially conscious and democratic liberalism. e. Liberalism abandoned its Enlightenment roots.