During the height of the Cold War, which of the following actions would have been the most likely for the United States to take with a country in which communist insurgents were rapidly gaining ground?
a. send an ambassador to negotiate a peaceful agreement between the government and the insurgents
b. back the communist rebels so that when they completely gained power, the United States would be in their good graces
c. provide aid to the government in fighting the communist rebels
d. place economic sanctions on the country until both sides agreed to stop fighting and reached a peaceful agreement
e. extend diplomatic immunity to government officials who wanted to escape to America
c
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a. Chile b. Argentina c. Brazil d. Venezuela e. Peru
African Americans today tend to be
A. more conservative than whites on all issues. B. less liberal than whites on all issues. C. supportive of the Republican Party. D. somewhat conservative on certain cultural issues such as gay marriage and abortion. E. independents and not supportive of either Republicans or Democrats.