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What was NSC-68 and how did it help produce the American national secu

What was NSC-68 and how did it help produce the American national security state? What will be an ideal response?   ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. In 1949, China became a communist country and the Soviet Union acquired nuclear weapons. 2. In light of these developments, President Truman asked for a complete reevaluation […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Why might native communities have resisted shifting to agriculture? A

Why might native communities have resisted shifting to agriculture? A) They were ignorant about plants and cultivation. B) Farming offered few advantages in some areas. C) Merchant clans prevented their workers from adopting farming. D) Farming took so little work that it promoted laziness.   ANSWER Answer: B

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Date: September 9th, 2020

The outcome of debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention s

The outcome of debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention suggests that the first priority of the delegates there was to A) perpetuate slavery. B) abolish slavery. C) create a strong union with a powerful central government. D) remove all barriers to the full practice of human rights.   ANSWER C

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Using either the Anasazi/Mississippian or the Iroquois/Algonquian, com

Using either the Anasazi/Mississippian or the Iroquois/Algonquian, compare and describe their attitudes about community in such areas as sex roles, lines of descent, wealth and property, political structures, religion, and war. What will be an ideal response?   ANSWER Key Points: population; conflict; priorities; political structures; settlement patterns

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Date: September 9th, 2020

At the time of the Civil War, __________. a. almost all southerners o

At the time of the Civil War, __________. a. almost all southerners owned at least one slave b. most white southerners owned three or more slaves c. there were few slaves in the fields, but most white households had a house slave d. one-quarter of white southerners owned slaves e. one-half of white southerners owned […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020