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Question 1

Why did the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation hurt the credibility of President Kennedy?
 
  A) He denounced Fidel Castro as a dictator.
  B) He supported the efforts of Cuban exiles against Fidel Castro.
  C) He claimed that the United States had not been involved in this operation.
  D) He took credit for an invasion that had been planned under President Eisenhower.

Question 2

How does this photograph of a Ford assembly line reflect Henry Ford's statement that the men do their work and go homea factory is not a drawing room?
 
  A) Ford established a rule prohibiting workers from talking to each other on the assembly line.
  B) Ford neglected his workers by not furnishing them with company-owned homes.
  C) Ford believed that employers did not have a right to interfere in their employees' private
  lives.
  D) Ford offered benefits only to certain men who met specific moral criteria.

Question 3

What were the consequences for Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
 
  A) Mexico gained the use of the Rio Grande.
  B) Trade between Mexico and the United States increased.
  C) Slavery in Mexico emerged as a central issue.
  D) Mexico lost 55 percent of its territory to the United States.

Question 4

Why did Khrushchev decide to construct a wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin?
 
  A) President Kennedy was ordering airlifts of food and medical aid to East Berlin.
  B) Residents of East Berlin were fleeing to West Berlin in search of freedom and prosperity.
  C) Residents of West Berlin were organizing anti-communist protests in East Berlin.
  D) Khrushchev was hoping to draw the West into a nuclear war.



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Answer 1

C

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

B



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