It meant that as soon as one country falls under communist control, another country would fall and so on. Vietnam at the time was split into North (communist) and South (being attacked by North) and the US didn't want communism to spread, reasoning that it might eventually come to the US if nothing was done.
The price of oil doubled per barrel, then quadrupled and challenged the stability of the whole national economy.
It is “they were treated poorly, and work was hard to find.”
Answer: B
Explanation: “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
covenant-a solemn agreement between two or more parties
diaspora the scattering of a people from their homeland
Messiah-Someone regarded as a savior or liberator of a people – e.g., Jesus Christ
monotheistic a belief in one god controlling the universe
protectorate a region controlled and defended by a more powerful state
religion-beliefs concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities
revenue-money that comes into a business from the sale of goods or services
Torah-the primary holy book of Judaism
