In the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the United States acquired
a. the southernmost stretch of British land in the Oregon country.
b. the island of Cuba from Spain.
c. land from Mexico that extended the New Mexico territory southward.
d. the Alaska territory from Russia.
e. land from Nicaragua that spanned the isthmus between the Atlantic and Pacific.
c
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The Manhattan Project was centered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and __________
A) Hanford, Washington B) Albuquerque, New Mexico C) Alamogordo, New Mexico D) Orange County, California
Why was American military aid to China not useful in its war with Japan in the late 1930s?
A. Aid was received long after major invasions had already been completed. B. The Soviet Union successfully blocked most American aid. C. Congress only allowed a very small amount of aid to be sent. D. America continued economic trade with Japan.
War Communism refers to the policy of __________.
A. rapid state takeover and management of finance and industry B. requiring officers and general staff officials to be drawn from the working class C. extreme rationing based on need and prewar income D. lifting of restrictions on free speech to draw upon religious and nationalist support for the war effort
The War of 1812
A. split the country along religious lines. B. stimulated a new sense of Canadian unity against an external threat. C. led to a Canadian-U.S. alliance against Great Britain. D. split the country along ethnic lines. E. cost Canada almost a third of their territory.