The 1920s political scene was dominated by

A) liberals.
B) socialists
C) the labor movement.
D) feminist groups.
E) conservatism.

It seems likely that Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, president of Guatemala, turned to the Soviet Union for military aid because ________________________.

A) the Soviet Union would sell him weapons without any restrictions on how those weapons would be used
B) he was working under the direction of the Kremlin to create a Soviet-dominated empire in Central America
C) Moscow would extend credit to Arbenz for weaponry purchases, but such purchases from the United States were on a cash-only basis
D) the United States was hostile to his government and its policies.

What was one of the reasons James Oglethorpe founded Georgia?

A) He wanted a place to bring run away slaves for sale or punishment.
B) He hoped it would be a refuge for Catholics who were persecuted in other colonies.
C) He believed slavery corrupted whites so he declared it illegal in 1736.
D) It provided enough prisons where debtors could serve out their sentences.

A conflict in Europe between Britain, France and Spain over who was the legitimate ruler of Spain was decided in

A) The Yamasee War
B) The Tri-country war
C) King William's War
D) Queen Anne's War

By the late eighteenth century,France was in a bad financial state because

A) land rents dropped and,therefore,land became over-farmed.
B) peasants were not taxed enough.
C) the treasury was depleted by a number of bad harvests and expenses connected with wars.
D) the king spent all of his time in Scotland.
E) the central bank of France charged exorbitant interest rates.

At the 1900 Paris international exposition,the presentation of Cairo as old and run-down in order to show European superiority is an example of what phenomenon?

A) jingoism
B) Social Darwinism
C) colonialism
D) apartheid
E) Orientalism

Rhode Island's increased participation in the Atlantic slave trade drew heavily on the fact that it

A) was located on a strategic area of the Atlantic.
B) was able to gain control of the rum market.
C) could exchange whale oil for slaves.
D) had a wealthier population that could afford the investment.

Who was responsible for orchestrating the cult of Hitler in his role as minister of propaganda?

A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Hermann Göring
C) Ernst Röhm
D) Martin Bormann
E) Joseph Goebbels

Under Frederick W. Taylor's theory of scientific management, _____________________.

A) workers' skills came to be valued more highly
B) workers increasingly controlled the pace and scale of production
C) workers were encouraged to shift frequently from one task to another
D) workers became another kind of interchangeable part