As Iraq was divided by majority Shiites and minority Sunnis, the ___________ inaugurated a policy of divide and rule in their Middle Eastern mandates, while dangling the prospect of eventual independence in front of them.
a. British.
b. French.
c. Americans.
d. Ottomans.
a. British.
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Ratified in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment
a. ended prohibition. b. limited a president to two complete terms in office. c. gave women the right to vote. d. shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration. e. expanded the size of the Supreme Court.
Which of the following events helped to reduce tensions between the United States and western Europe in the first decade of the twenty-first century?
A. the U.S. invasion of Iraq B. the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan C. the Russian invasion of Georgia D. the terrorist attack on the subway system and a bus in London
This individual designed the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, Nameless Library, which commemorates the deaths of 65,000 Austrian Jews under the Nazis:
A. Pablo Picasso. B. Tatjiana Yablonskaya. C. Jackson Pollock. D. Rachel Whiteread. E. Vince Rogers.
Urban political machines stayed in power because __________
A) the federal government supported them with grants B) they understood how to use the political system for their own good C) they performed social services for African Americans D) there was little regard for the political system E) they took over services from the cities