By the 1850s, what factor had enabled westerners to increase their economic and political power?

a. The abolition of slavery
b. The mechanical reaper and speedy transportation
c. The consolidation of banking in western states
d. European markets for American grains


B

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a. at sea b. in northern states c. in southern states d. west of the Mississippi River

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President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan

A) as a way of gaining diplomatic leverage against the Soviet Union. B) after rejecting advice to demonstrate the power of the bomb at a neutral site. C) because he was convinced it would save American lives. D) All of the above.

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Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, and (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty

a. A, C, B b. B, C, A c. C, B, A d. C, A, B e. A, B, C

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