Why did Ngo Dinh Diem and President Eisenhower refuse to allow national elections in Vietnam as called for in the Geneva accords?
A. They believed the elections would have been virtually impossible to administer.
B. They held that the 1955 South Vietnamese election had given Diem a mandate to govern.
C. They feared that Communist leader Ho Chi Minh would win.
D. They realized that the Communists would never allow a genuinely free election.
Answer: C
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a. created unintended problems for further expansion westward. b. exacerbated conflicts among the states over settling western lands. c. were a signature achievement of the American government under the Articles of Confederation. d. settled the future of slavery by forbidding its extension westward. e. were the spark for widespread Indian attacks on American pioneers.
South Carolina's plantation economy resembled that of what other territory?
A) ?Hawaii B) ?Virginia C) ?West Indies D) ?West Africa E) ?Both C and D
How did the outcome of the Seven Years’ War affect Native Americans?
What will be an ideal response?
The Hittites fought with the __________ after establishing themselves as the dominant power in Mesopotamia.
A. Egyptians B. Sumerians C. Babylonians D. Greeks