Through the ________ Act of 1862, a generous Congress granted western settlers their wish for free land.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Homestead
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Which of the following statements about the Spanish Civil War is accurate?
a. the Fascists received little aid from Italy, and the republicans got considerable aid from the American government. b. France aided the Spanish Republic at the encouragement of French leftists. c. Franco limited his reprisals after victory to about 200,000 executed or imprisoned. d. Germany used the war to test new weapons and tactics. e. It demonstrated France and Britain's determination to fight Fascism.
Why was Josef Stalin so concerned about the Marshall Plan?
a) He worried that small countries he coveted, like Czechoslovakia, might join the Marshall Plan’s Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). b) He was angry that the Soviet Union was too impoverished by the war to make a similar gesture. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split. c) He was already planning to begin the Third World War. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split. d) He was deeply insulted by Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech. Consider This: Stalin’s last major expansion in 1948 marked the final rupture between communist and capitalist Europe. See 14.2.2: Completing the Split.
What factor enabled Soviet satellites to declare their independence from Moscow in the 1980s?
a) Mikhail Gorbachev’s program to combat Soviet corruption and inefficiency also promised non-intervention in the internal affairs of the satellite nations, and they took advantage of that. b) Russians had rejected Marxist ideology in a national election. Consider This: By the mid-1980s, Russia and its satellite states had fallen years behind the West in technological innovation, resource development, and overall standard of living. See 15.1: The “End of History.” c) The Russian military had made it clear beforehand that it would not defend the satellites against Western incursions. Consider This: By the mid-1980s, Russia and its satellite states had fallen years behind the West in technological innovation, resource development, and overall standard of living. See 15.1: The “End of History.” d) The Russian government decided that World War II-era regulations could finally be abandoned. Consider This: By the mid-1980s, Russia and its satellite states had fallen years behind the West in technological innovation, resource development, and overall standard of living. See 15.1: The “End of History.”
Criminal activity in Europe steadily escalated before reaching a plateau around ________
A. 1820 B. 1840 C. 1860 D. 1880