The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
A. was intended to bring Andrew Johnson into the presidency.
B. saw John Wilkes Booth convicted of the murder of the president.
C. involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.
D. had been planned at the highest levels of the Confederate government.
E. brought a Radical Republican to the presidency.
C
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Why were nuclear arms less military weapons than political ones?
a) The massive atomic stockpiles created by the United States and the Soviet Union were less intended for actual use than for overawing foreign and domestic audiences. b) Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union had nearly as many nuclear weapons as they claimed; they lied to gain political advantage. Consider This: What is meant by the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction? See 14.5: Narrative: Big Ivan. c) The United Nations had outlawed using nuclear weapons, so having them was largely a symbolic gesture. Consider This: What is meant by the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction? See 14.5: Narrative: Big Ivan. d) Because nuclear weapons are so expensive, each nuclear nation was more concerned about paying for them than firing them off. Consider This: What is meant by the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction? See 14.5: Narrative: Big Ivan.
The Republican party of the 1850s
a. began as and remained a one-issue party. b. had a pessimistic outlook concerning the future of the nation. c. was prepared to moderate its position on slavery in the territories. d. adopted a platform that appealed to those who were interested in the economic development of the West.
The Rosetta Stone allowed
a. ancient Egyptian scribes to learn how to write. b. Mesopotamians to understand Egyptian writing. c. Egyptian writing to survive the elements. d. modern people to decipher hieroglyphs. e. Egyptian scribes to get paid.
In her book, Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan:
a. asked women to set their own goals and seek careers outside the home. b. urged women to adhere to the cult of domesticity. c. advocated an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. d. called on women to join the civil rights movement.