American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when.
a) The policy of containment failed in China
b) The Soviet Union launched a space satellite
c) The Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb
d) The Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb
Answer: c) The Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb
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A) to prevent foreclosures on family homes B) to make government credit available to banks C) to subsidize farm prices D) to provide funds for urban renewal
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a. mainly to make up for its territorial losses in North America. b. largely strategic stations for communications and trade. c. primarily to check the territorial ambitions of the United States. d. directed towards areas that could provide large amounts of raw materials for its factories.
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a. Nairobi. b. Tanzania. c. Zaire. d. Nigeria. e. Sudan.
During the months preceding the election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln
a. feared that war-weariness among northerners would lead to his defeat. b. considered jailing several Democratic leaders until the election was over. c. attempted to win the Democratic nomination as well as the Republican nomination. d. devoted himself to electing Republicans to Congress because he felt certain he would be re-elected.