How did the brutal Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet come to power?
A) He was elected by the people of Chile.
B) The CIA secretly funded a right-wing military coup.
C) The Soviet Union toppled the previous government.
D) He personally assassinated the previous president.
B
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According to the text, what can we "learn" from history?
A) the ability to predict the course of human events B) insight into underlying forces that generate historical change C) that the past is truly the past and the future is uncertain and unpredictable D) how to tell when and where a major conflict will arise
The most commonly used form of disenfranchisement in the South was the __________
A) grandfather clause B) literacy test C) poll tax D) understanding clause
The first long-range telegraph message was sent in 1844 and the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was laid down in
a. 1850. b. 1844. c. 1901. d. 1803. e. 1869.
Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families?
A) Land was usually cheaper than manure. B) Those who wished to own land usually had to concentrate on full-time agricultural work. C) Because of low interest rates and small down payments, families were able to pay off their mortgages within five years. D) The great majority of landowners had enough land to farm but not enough to provide their children with land when they married. E) Because of the rapid grown in population, land was becoming scarce and the price of land made it difficult for average people to own their own homes.