Nevada’s Comstock Lode, discovered in 1859, supported a thriving silver mining industry into the twentieth century
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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Adopted after the new government commenced, the Bill of Rights guaranteed all of the following except the:
a. right of free speech, press, and assembly b. right of slaveowners to keep slaves c. right to free exercise of religion d. right to bear arms
Which of the following is not a reason cited in the textbook for George W. Bush's decline in job approval ratings?
a) mismanagement of the Iraq war b) poor rescue effort along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina c) conversion of Social Security from government to private hands d) the nation's trade deficits
The cleric who preached up the Second Crusade in the 1140s was
a. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. b. Pope Urban II. c. Pope Innocent III. d. Peter the Hermit. e. Cyril and Methodius.
The concept of massive retaliation was:
a. adopted from German war strategies by John Foster Dulles b. a pledge that the United States would use overwhelming force to settle serious conflicts c. integral to the formation of the Central Intelligence Agency d. the main military strength of the Soviet Union