The "Palmer raids" refers to
A. efforts by congressional insurgents to strip the speaker of the house of certain powers.
B. a series of illegal arrests of alleged radical subversives under the direction of the U.S. attorney general.
C. incursions into New Mexico by a Mexican rebel who murdered Americans.
D. part of a baseball scandal involving attempts to bribe a pitcher to switch teams.
Answer: B
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Who were the "border ruffians"?
A) Antislavery supporters from Missouri who violently fought with proslavery forces in Kansas. B) New England abolitionists who sent money and guns to support antislavery forces in Kansas. C) Kansas settlers who wrote a proslavery constitution for their territory. D) Illegal voters from Missouri who voted for a proslavery government in Kansas.
The Portuguese originally ventured into the open Atlantic Ocean seeking fish, seals, whales, timber, and lands where they could grow wheat.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
During the 1980 Iran-Iraq war, the United States
a. Expressed concern that the conflict would disrupt Persian Gulf shipping lanes b. Helped arm Iraqi Saddam Hussein's army c. Attacked Irani shipping d. A and C e. A, B, and C
Among other things, the "Crisis of the 1890s" referred to
a. the powerlessness of the US government against the power of wealth. b. a period of economic overproduction. c. a period of high employment rates across the United States. d. all of the above