The X,Y,Z affair was an incident between French and American diplomats where they were trying to make a deal that would stop the French from seizing the America ships.
(that resulted in a war known as the Quasi-War.)
Americans were angered by this because the French agents wanted large amounts of money just to stop them from seizing their ships
The near advisors to Kennedy claimed that the development of Eisenhower's foreign policy was stultified, slow-moving, too dependent on brinksmanship and major retaliation, and complacent. First, Kennedy provided the green light to a 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba launched by Eisenhower.
Explanation:
- Cold War is the global state conflict, Kennedy's foreign policy was governed by American disputes with the Soviet Union, represented through proxy contests. Like his antecedents, Kennedy embraced the containment policy which sought to halt the extent of communism.
- Concerned about the political and economic effects of the incursion, Eisenhower called for the withdrawal of Britain and France.
- Amid the crisis, Eisenhower introduced the Eisenhower Doctrine, according to which any nation in the East might petition the United States military forces for American economic assistance or aid.
Explanation:
Progressivism was the reform movement that ran from the late 19th century through the first decades of the 20th century, during which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural questions that had arisen in the context of the rapid changes brought with the Industrial Revolution and the growth of modern capitalism in America. The Progressives believed that these changes marked the end of the old order and required the creation of a new order appropriate for the new industrial age.
The correct answers are:
a. tribute, or payment;
c. conversion to their religion;
Once a city was conquered by the Aztecs they were immediately setting up their own rules and conditions in order that they keep the city in control, and also that they can benefit from it.
The Aztecs demanded tribute, promise that the people of the city will obey their ruler, and also that they accept and worship their gods. This can be seen from two aspects, one was advantageous in the sense that the Aztecs were able to keep in order the cities and have it their way, and the disadvantageous in the sense that pretty much none of the cities actually liked them, in fact they despised them, which led to a lack of unity in their empire.
The answer is for this is A
