What was new about President Eisenhower's "New Look" in American foreign policy in the 1950s? Compare and contrast it with President Truman's containment policy
What will be an ideal response?
The "New Look" reduced the military budget, placed greater reliance on nuclear weaponry and the air force, and adopted a "massive retaliation" military strategy. The "New Look" continued the containment policy, but without the expensive commitment to send men and weapons to all corners of the world to contain Communism.
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The industrial economy affected women in all of the following ways except:
a. Women started agitating for political rights in the 1830s. b. Women became associated more with household duties and men with family breadwinning. c. New modes of employment were created for women. d. Skills required of employed women were lowered.
Who transformed the Mongols from a group of divided tribes into the world's largest empire?
A) Osman I B) Jan Hus C) Genghis Khan D) William of Ockham
Compared to the absolutism of France, the absolutism of Prussia and Austria in the eighteenth century was __________
A) much harsher B) unlimited C) more limited D) growing weaker
Why did such Western technological and transportation innovations such as the railroad prompt opposition and deep concern among the traditional and spiritual Chinese people? What were the dominant Western attitudes towards such opposition and concerns of the Chinese people to these new Western technologies and modes of transportation?
What will be an ideal response?