For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
opium trade and Opium War
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Among other ideas, Booker T. Washington
A. called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. B. rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." C. favored industrial over classical education. D. argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class. E. proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West.
Which of the following reflects the Supreme Court’s position in 1944 on the internment of Japanese Americans?
a) National security in wartime justified the relocation. b) Employment needs in wartime justified the relocation. c) The internment undermined the principle of freedom. d) The internment weakened the foundations of democracy.
How did the clash between the Virginia and the Monitor in March 1862 revolutionize naval warfare?
A) It showed the value of wind-power over steam. B) It revealed the value of armor-piercing shells. C) It indicated the limitations ship-to-ship communications. D) It marked the beginning of a shift toward ironclad ships and even submarines. E) It signified the importance of rifling in barrels.
The great legacies of the Second World War included all the following except
a. an unprecedented capacity for destruction. b. incontrovertible recognition of the depths human cruelty could plumb. c. emergence of the Soviet Union as an unrivaled economic world power. d. Cold War confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. e. none of these choices.