One exception to President Warren G. Harding's policy of isolationism involved the Middle East, where the United States sought to
a. support a homeland for Jews in Israel.
b. prevent the League of Nations from establishing British and French protectorates in the region.
c. stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area.
d. secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies.
e. curb the rise of Arab nationalism.
d
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Why did some politicians oppose the Great Society?
A) They did not want poor people to have access to voting. B) They felt that the programs ignored poverty issues. C) They thought the programs benefitted whites too much. D) Some Democrats thought that the policies favored the rich.
Those on the political left tended to argue that immigrants
A) tended to assimilate slowly. B) deprived the native-born of work. C) took the jobs that few Americans wanted. D) were a drain on public services. E) were mostly illegal.
Achievements of Kepler include proving all of the following EXCEPT
a. orbits of planets are elliptical. b. planets circle around the sun. c. planets move at different speeds. d. there was no need for epicycles. e. for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
39. (p. 174) The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton was the result of
A. Hamilton's election as governor of New York. B. a business failure between them. C. a dispute over a woman. D. Burr's belief that Hamilton's malevolence had cost him the New York governor's race. E. Burr's attempt to capture Mexico from the Spanish.