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kshipps

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Examples of forceful federal government action to organize the nation for war were
 
  a. the conscription of certain essential wartime workers.
  b. rationing of certain foodstuffs for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
  c. the federal government takeover of the railroads.
  d. the federal government's imposition of nationwide daylight savings time.
  e. the issuance of production quotas and the allocation of raw materials by the War Industries Board.

Question 2

By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the United States had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except
 
  a. extend massive aid to Europe and little to Latin America.
  b. continue to intervene in Latin American affairs.
  c. support bloody dictators who claimed to be fighting communism.
  d. provide encouragement to Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba.
  e. sponsored the CIA-directed coup in Guatemala.



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Answer to Question 1

b, c, d, e

Answer to Question 2

d



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