The European leader who proposed the Holy Alliance was
A) Metternich.
B) Louis XVIII.
C) Talleyrand.
D) Alexander I.
E) Ferdinand VII.
D
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In an effort to bolster American security and help England during the Battle of Britain, President Roosevelt concluded an agreement with Prime Minister Churchill that
A) sold American tanks and cruisers to Great Britain on a deferred payment schedule. B) allowed Britain to use American air bases in exchange for a guarantee of safe Atlantic passage for American merchant vessels. C) transferred fifty vintage American destroyers to Britain in exchange for leases on British air and naval bases in the Western Hemisphere. D) drew up a timetable for eventual American participation in the war against Hitler. E) provided $5.2 billion in direct military assistance.
In his speeches during the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln took the position that slavery
a. should co-exist with non-slave territories for years into the future b. was not a moral issue but instead should be addressed in the political process c. violated the Declaration of Independence and must be ended immediately d. should be ended through a Constitutional amendment providing compensation to slave owners e. threatened the political and economic rights of white settlers in the western territories.
Although Christopher Columbus was the son of a Genoese weaver, to whom did he request funding for ships to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) He requested funding from King John II of Portugal, but he was turned down. B) He requested funding from Queen Isabella of Spain, and he was granted three ships. C) He requested funding from King John II of Portugal first, but was turned down because the plan was unsound. He then asked for funding from Queen Isabella and ships were granted. D) He requested funding from the Medici family in Florence, but they were unconvinced the world was round. E) Pope Borgia also turned down Columbus as he did not believe in Ptolemy's map of the world as a sphere, despite mathematical evidence to the contrary.
How does the media help to shape the public agenda?
a. by providing entertainment rather than political information b. by preventing minority opinions from being known c. by selecting political candidates d. by focusing public attention on particular issues