What percentage of the population was under the age of 20 during the mid-eighteenth century?
A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) half
D) two-thirds
C
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a. Islam b. din-i ilahi c. Ain-i-Akbari d. Muraqaba
What economic policy was embraced by Roosevelt as a way of fighting the depression?
A) Increasing tariffs even higher B) Cutting government spending to the bone C) Lowering tax rates D) Embracing increased government spending to increase purchasing power E) Socialistic nationalization of industries
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a. the Soviet Union's demand that all police files be shipped to Moscow. b. the resulting surplus of German labor, necessitating the immediate expulsion of all "guest workers." c. the appearance of neo-Nazi attitudes, often directed against foreign workers. d. the collapse of the currency, leading to runaway inflation throughout all of Germany. e. the electoral success of the neo-Communists of the Socialist-Workers party.
Which of the following was true at the height of the cold war in the 1950s?
A. Unrest, nationalism, and even revolution plagued the countries of Europe. B. The two superpowers competed for the allegiance of the newly independent nations of the Third World. C. Armed hostilities between the U.S. and the Soviet Union grew more and more intense. D. The United States tended to rely on conventional weapons in order to save money.