The National Defense Education Act of 1958, passed in response to the Soviet launch of ________, authorized federal funding of science and foreign-language programs in public schools.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Sputnik
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Why did Assyria advance slowly before the thirteenth century B.C.E.?
A) because of threatening neighbors and weak leaders B) because of powerful droughts and crippling food shortages C) because of a technological gap D) because of a lack of powerful allies E) because of insufficient wealth
James K. Polk's belligerent slogan, "Fifty-four Forty or Fight," was a reference to U.S. claims to:
A) a Texas border at the Rio Grande. B) California south to Baja. C) Oregon to the Russian Alaska boundary. D) Utah and Nevada.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for the strip of land that finished the "building" of the United States and gave the country its final border with Mexico
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"The English who came first to this country were but a handful of people, forlorn, poor, and distressed. My father was then sachem, he relieved their distresses in the most kind and hospitable manner. He gave them land to plant and to build upon." The Native American father and son referenced by this quotation are
a. Powhatan and Pocahanta b. Massasoit and Metacom c. Tecumseh and the Prophet d. Powhatan and Massasoit e. Tecumseh and Metacom