Many Americans were able to justify joining the race for empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that they believed themselves responsible for
A. defending other people against European imperialism.
B. spreading Christianity.
C. promoting democracy abroad.
D. extending the benefits of free enterprise.
Answer: A
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Which of the following was the primary goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was formed in 1957?
A) To challenge the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 B) To root out communism from the United States C) To unite Christians across the globe D) To spread the Christian gospel all around the world E) To challenge Jim Crow laws in a direct way
What was the significance of the civil rights organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
What will be an ideal response?
In issuing the Bush Doctrine to justify the American bombing and invasion of Iraq in 2003, George W. Bush included for the first time the __________
A) use of fighting a preemptive war to prevent future attacks on the United States B) right to attack nations that harbored terrorists C) authority to replace autocratic governments with democratically elected ones D) creation of a foreign policy that protected America's singular status as the world's greatest military power
The Confederacy suffered from rampant inflation because
A. wages rose, due to the fact that with so many men off to war, workers were scarce. B. the war was financed primarily through printing paper money. C. speculators hoarded cotton. D. the blockade cut off trade with Europe, producing scarcities.