Why did OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) raise the price of oil throughout the 1970s? A) The United States had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. B) The United States had been drilling their own oil and no longer needed sources from the Middle East. C) The United States had pushed […]
The major reason for the decline of the Mongol Empire was A) the White Lotus Society. B) internal rebellions. C) disease. D) all of the above. E) none of the above. ANSWER E
In the 1970s, the United States starting talking of a misery index that measured the combined harm of high unemployment and inflation. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
What caused the Gulf of Tonkin affair? a. American support for covert operations in Vietnam led North Vietnam to attack a U.S. ship. b. American intervention in Cuban politics led Castro to urge the North Vietnamese to attack U.S. ships. c. American hostility to Russia caused Khrushchev to ask the North Vietnamese to attack U.S. […]
Oliver North played a key role in A) President Reagan’s reelection campaign in 1984. B) President Reagan’s decision to end the trade embargo on Cuba. C) President Reagan’s decision to remove American soldiers from Lebanon. D) the Iran-Contra scandal. ANSWER Answer: D
What did Whigs mean by “executive usurpation”? a. Whigs felt that Jackson had usurped the executive presidential power by abusing the Constitution in the nullification crisis and Bank War. b. Whigs meant that Democrats had usurped the executive power by creating a corrupt bargain between President Adams and Henry Clay. c. Whigs believed that Jackson […]
Ronald Reagan’s economic policies led to tax cuts, reduction in government services, and less government regulation of business practices. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Between 1633 and 1638, __________ cut the Iroquois population in half. A) forced labor B) war C) famine D) disease ANSWER D
In the 1980s, the main source of financing economic development on Indian reservations was A) grant aid from the U.S. government. B) oil and natural gas. C) tourism. D) casinos. ANSWER Answer: D
The first large group of German immigrants moved to America seeking __________. a. free land b. religious tolerance c. an opportunity to become wealthy farmers d. markets for their craft products e. work to bring their families from Europe ANSWER B
