Author Question: The signing of a nonaggression pact between which states preceded, by one week, the outbreak of ... (Read 47 times)

fahad · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Congress's decision to provide generous pensions to former Union soldiers and their widows is an example of

a. the benefits associated with revenues from new income-tax measures enacted in the 1880s and 1890s.
b. the government assuming responsibility to provide a safety net for the disadvantaged in society.
c. an interest group using emotions associated with the Civil War for the financial gain of its members.
d. an attempt by the southern Democrats who sponsored the legislation to heal the wounds of the Civil War.

Question 2

The signing of a nonaggression pact between which states preceded, by one week, the outbreak of hostilities on September 1, 1939?

a. Germany and the Soviet Union
b. Germany and Poland
c. France, Britain, and the Soviet Union
d. Britain and Germany
e. Germany and Italy