What was the primary objective of Russian policies and actions in Alaska?
A) to create new Russian farm communities
B) to convert local peoples to Christianity
C) to gain access to furs
D) to establish a strategic outpost
Answer: C
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As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported
a. putting the brakes on military spending. b. the abolition of the Social Security system. c. the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as socialized medicine. d. the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. e. a stronger voice for organized labor.
France benefited significantly from commercial and industrial expansion, but it fell behind the English mainly because
a. continuous wars sapped its economic resources. b. guilds remained stronger, and the nobility were more contemptuous of commerce. c. as a land power, France had fewer commercial opportunities. d. France remained Catholic. e. France experienced a bloody civil war between king and the parlements.
World population between 1950-1985
a. increased by 25% b. increased by 50% c. increased by 100% d. increased 400% e. decreased by 20%
In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?
What will be an ideal response?