The Cuban missile crisis appears to have been most directly the outgrowth of
a. Castro's belief that the missile installations would bring jobs and spending to help the depressed Cubaneconomy
b. President Kennedy's anti-Castro projects, which led both Khrushchev and Castro to believe that the UnitedStates was planning an invasion.
c. Castro's desire to win status and respect throughout Latin America.
d. Khrushchev's determination to make Soviet inroads into Latin America.
b
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A) a mass movement of the peasants. B) characterized by a preoccupation with religion. C) a product of rural Italy. D) a recovery of antiquity and Greco-Roman culture. E) a religious reform movement.
Approximately what percentage of the slave population gained freedom during the war under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) 1 percent B) 10 percent C) 25 percent D) 60 percent E) 100 percent
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A) foreign affairs became a much more important focus B) relations with Great Britain and France improved dramatically C) Hamilton and Jefferson resolved their differences over domestic policy D) Hamilton ceased to be a force in American politics E) the European war unified American officials in support of France
The Separatists left the Netherlands because they wanted to
A) ?avoid that their children grow up more Dutch than English. B) ?rival Spain's influence in the New World. C) ?escape persecution at the hands of Dutch Calvinists. D) ?convert natives to Christianity. E) ?None of these are correct.