When he assumed the office, President Kennedy's top domestic priority was
A) pass social legislation to benefit African-Americans and women.
B) encourage economic growth through defense spending and incentives to private enterprise.
C) control runaway inflation.
D) overcome the threat from environmental pollution.
E) cut taxes and downsize the government.
B
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A) China B) Vietnam C) India D) Japan
Which of these would have probably made the League of Nations considerably stronger?
A) the desire to avoid war B) U.S. support C) a more equitable peace settlement D) rapid decolonization
All of the following were members of the Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery as they prepared to leave from St. Louis for their expedition during the winter of 1803-04 EXCEPT
A) soldiers. B) civilian boatmen, woodsmen, and interpreters. C) Clark's slave York. D) captured Indian tribal leaders from the Ohio and Indiana Territories.
All of the following is true about the Suez Crisis, EXCEPT
a. Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser began to buy Soviet arms. b. Eisenhower cancelled the American financing of the Aswan Dam. c. Nasser nationalized the Anglo-French owned Suez Canal. d. The U.S. responded immediately with Marines and the Air Force.