What happened in Vietnam shortly before the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963?
A) a withdrawal of U.S. forces in South Vietnam
B) a Kennedy-supported military coup resulting in Ngo Dinh Diem's murder
C) an attempt by Ngo Dinh Diem to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
D) a decision by the Kennedy administration to turn to diplomacy in Vietnam
B
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Puritan views on the family and the Fifth Commandment were also reflected in their __________
A) intolerance for unorthodoxy B) decision to migrate from England to America C) rejection of frivolous folk customs D) association of Indians with witchcraft
The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which was probably
A. Assyria. B. Sri Lanka. C. modern-day Somalia. D. Harappan India. E. modern-day Angola.
James K. Polk, or "Young Hickory," shared all of the following with Andrew Jackson EXCEPT
A) contempt for Native Americans. B) a reluctance to use the military to meet his ends. C) support for slavery. D) a desire to settle the West. E) a belief in a strong executive.
One of President Roosevelt's first foreign policy initiatives was to
A) ?call for an embargo of the Japanese islands B) ?extend formal recognition to the Soviet Union C) ?sign a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and France D) ?issue economic sanctions against the Germans and Hitler