What was the primary factor shaping American attitudes toward the Cuban revolution in 1895?
A) the humanitarian concern that the American public had for Cubans and their independence
B) presidents Cleveland and McKinley's aggressive expression of their pro-war view
C) the strategic location of Cuba in the Caribbean
D) the amount of capital that United States businessmen had invested in Cuban agriculture
A
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Efforts to amend the Articles of Confederation
A) were partially successful. B) failed because of the opposition of one state. C) were never made. D) succeeded completely.
After Reconstruction, political power under southern "Redeemers"
A. increased state services for the poor. B. typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. C. helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party. D. was very often restricted and conservative. E. ignored the interests of industrialists.
Hitler settled on acquiring German Lebensraum in the east in Russian territory in part because of his racist belief that
A) the Slavs were an "inferior" people now governed by impotent Jews among the Bolsheviks and worthy of enslavement. B) the weakened Aryan "race" could only be rejuvenated and made better through war against the ancient enemies of the Fatherland. C) the Anglo-Saxons were a decadent race and would never come to the aid of eastern Europeans. D) Germany must conquer all of Europe before the great American race dominated the globe. E) there would be no opposition to the German takeover of Russian territory, as the inferior Slavs would eagerly welcome their racial superiors.
Among major changes in Latin America between 1870 and 1910 were
a. a sharp drop in the export of raw materials. b. a steady increase in industrial production and exports due to massive European and East Asian investment in Latin American industrial facilities. c. the loss of elite control over government policies. d. the growth of the middle class. e. the rise of labor unions in Argentina and Brazil to the point where each was able to elect a trade union leader as president in 1903 and 1905, respectively.