The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was
a. the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
b. the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia.
c. the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons.
d. Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America.
e. military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition.
d
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A) new feminism B) postmodernism C) globalization D) lustration
Which of the following best describes political life in a Greek polis?
A) a large town independent of its surrounding countryside B) an entity in which as much as 80 percent of the population was excluded from political life C) a town and its surrounding countryside in which about half the population had the right to vote D) a democratic place where women were allowed to participate in politics E) an entity that allowed slaves to hold citizenship
The life of Anthony Johnson, an African slave who first arrived in Virginia in 1621, illustrated that
A) from the beginning, black immigrants faced a life of degradation and bondage. B) living conditions for colonial blacks steadily improved through the seventeenth century. C) racial boundaries were not firmly marked in the early seventeenth century. D) colonial blacks could gain their freedom by working industriously on the land.
In the essay “Factory Life as It Is by an Operative,” how does the writer assess her world?
a. She did not appreciate what had happened to the artisans. b. She marveled at the technology in the factory. c. She saw the wealthy as hypocrites. d. She believed it was best to keep quiet about her work. e. She did not believe enough jobs had been created.