During the 1920s, the United States bought nearly 60 percent of Latin America's exports and sold Latin America 50 percent of its imports
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: TRUE
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Lincoln's Reconstruction program was based on:
A) punishing the South as much as possible. B) confiscating all southern wealth for the federal government. C) bringing the seceding states back quickly and generously. D) achieving a fundamental transformation of southern society.
Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois?
A) They disliked each other intensely. B) They were frequent allies. C) They had deep respect for each other. D) They were indifferent to each other.
In what ways was the War of 1812 strange?
A) It was fought on U.S. territory but between France and Great Britain. B) Its goals were dubious, and none of them were achieved. C) Great Britain was engaged in an expensive and taxing war with France but still found resources to engage the U.S. on land and by sea. D) It was a “paper” war of unenforced embargoes, wild rumors, and great lies. E) It was mainly fought by merchants and pirates on the Atlantic Ocean rather than by soldiers on land or naval officers at sea.
In late 1831, the Virginia legislature debated the possibility of abolition. After that debate, the southern response to slave unrest usually was:
a. more lenient than in previous years b. more repressive and rigid than before c. about the same as in the past d. to ignore it and hope it would go away