In order to acquire the right for the United States to build a canal across Panama in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt
A) ?? signed a treaty with Colombia.
B) ?? seized Panama.
C) ?? helped facilitate a Panamanian rebellion against Columbia and then negotiated a treaty to lease a strip of territory.
D) ?? purchased the completed canal from the French company.
E) ?? paid Columbia $25 million for a ten-mile wide strip of land in its province of Panama.
C
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A. The prevalence of violence in American society may be explained by the fact that Americans have continually had to tame and civilize a vast wilderness B. The American character has been shaped by the ever-expanding continental frontier C. Now that North America has been civilized, the American people will look inward with the goal of creating a truly egalitarian democracy D. With the passing of the frontier, Americans must fulfill their destiny by acquiring an overseas empire
In the fourteenth century, the ‘Merton Calculators' of Oxford University argued that:
a. Objects of different weights fall at a uniform level of acceleration. b. There was no such thing as a vacuum in space, in spite of Aristotle's claims. c. ‘Arabic' numerals were more useful in establishing valid calculations than Roman numerals. d. Aristotle's treatises had been so badly translated from Arabic documents that they were impossible to decipher.
Under whose rule did Athens become a naval powerhouse and defeat the Persians?
A. Minos B. Themistocles C. Aegeus D. Solon E. Jason
Movie theatergoers in the 1920s typically experienced
A. new genres such as horror, animation, and Westerns. B. films made with minimal budgets. C. relatively comfortable seating in rudimentary movie houses. D. the new "talking pictures."