1- France and Russia had deep hostilities for one another and the alliance was unlikely to last.
The Franco-Russian alliance meant the overcoming of the problems that both nations dragged since 1871 in the diplomatic field and the conjunction of interests in opposition to those developed by the German Empire and the Triple Alliance. Franco-British relations were improving since 1900, the barrier generated by colonial issues was overcome with the signing of the Entente Cordiale in 1904.
2- The United States supported the Triple Entente because its citizens leaned toward that alliance due to the cultural connection to England.
American public opinion moved steadily against Germany, especially after the atrocities in Belgium in 1914 and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. They considered Great Britain a close nation, with the same values and a common history (beyond that of the armed confrontations that they had had in the past against this country).
During the first years of the war, the USA remained neutral, but trading with the allies, especially with Great Britain. In 1917, with the entrance to the war, the United States sealed the alliance with the United Kingdom that remains until today.
Plants: Potato, maize, tomato, and tobacco.
Animals: Horses, pigs, and sheep.
Disease: Smallpox
The plants originated in America and were spread around the world after 1492. The animals were brought to America by Europeans along with Smallpox which devastated native populations.
Answer: B
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For only 5 years, from the year 1996 to 2001, the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan, and enforced Islamic law very strictly. In 2001, following the September 11 attacks, the United States troops entered the country and took it back for an Afghani Government.
In the 1960 Presidential elections, John F Kennedy became the democratic candidate despite his Catholicism.
This was surprising since Anti-Catholic sentiment was pretty high in mainstream American society at the time.
This was also seen as a reason why his presidential win was the closest in the history of the United States with a margin of just 118,000 out of 69 million votes.
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Generally speaking, North American native peoples lived in egalitarian societies while South Americans were more hierarchal. Today, South American Native peoples tend to be more integrated into society at large than their North American counterparts.
As a general rule, because most of south America failed to catch early on the industrial revolution. While North and South America were comparable in wealth and population in 1700, North America grew much richer thanks to a focus on the industry in the northern US states.
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