For both the North and the South,
a. the goal of stopping raids on their merchant shipping was critical.
b. skilled diplomacy enabled them to achieve their key objectives.
c. Britain or France's diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy would have been a critical factor.
d. the intervention of Mexico or Canada on the side of their enemy would have spelled defeat.
e. it was important to adhere to the letter and spirit of international law.
c
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, principal author of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, condemned inequality between men and women, especially the fact that women were denied the right to vote.
a. true b. false
In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,
A. the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred more than 300 Indians. B. the U.S. Seventh Cavalry suffered no casualties. C. the Sioux attempted to leave the reservation for Canada. D. Plains Indians mounted their last major attack on white Americans. E. All these answers are correct.
When the ________ asked the United States to intervene against Ho Chi Minh's army at Dien Bien Phu, President Eisenhower refused.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Mexican Americans and African Americans faced many of the same problems in their communities and workplaces, but there were some differences, including which of the following?
a. The Immigration and Naturalization Service conducted numerous "sweeps" of Latino neighborhoods to find undocumented immigrants, although it especially looked for people who opposed the Red Scare. In one period, almost two million people were deported. b. More Mexican Americans than African Americans benefited from anti-discriminatory local and state government hiring practices. c. Middle-class African Americans were able to buy houses in white suburban areas, but Mexican Americans continued to be excluded. d. Because many Mexican Americans lived in rural areas, and industry was expanding into these regions, more Latinos than blacks were able to get jobs in new and expanding industries.