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in 1970, lon nol overthrew prince norodom sihanouk and became the leader of cambodia. the vietnam war
had destabilized cambodia’s government and lon nol used this situation to gain power.
…richard nixon’s may 1970 invasion of cambodia (undertaken without informing lon nol’s
new government) followed simultaneous invasions by saigon and vietnamese communist forces.
it created 130,000 new khmer [cambodian mountain people] refugees, according to the
pentagon. by 1971, 60 percent of refugees surveyed in cambodia’s towns gave u. s. bombing as
the main cause of their displacement. the u. s. bombardment of the cambodian countryside
continued until 1973, when congress imposed a halt. nearly half of the 540,000 tons of bombs
were dropped in the last six months.
from the ashes of rural cambodia arose pol pot’s communist party of kampuchea (cpk). it
used the bombing’s devastation and massacre of civilians as recruitment propaganda and as an
excuse for its brutal, radical policies and its purge of moderate communists and sihanoukists.
this is clear from contemporary u. s. government documents and from interviews in cambodia
with peasant survivors of the bombing….
source: ben kiernan, the pol pot regime: race, power, and genocide in cambodia
under the khmer rouge, 1975–79, yale university press (adapted)
according to ben kiernan, what were two problems cambodia faced during lon nol’s rule that enabled
pol pot to rise to power?

The slave dred scott sued for his freedom because he was born a free man. he had lived in a free state. slavery violated the 13th amendment he had been freed by pres. lincoln.

30 ! seneca falls: common ground by andrea brecheen the seneca falls convention of 1848 was the single-most important event of the early women's suffrage movement. the suffrage movement grew out of centuries of shameful and unfair treatment of women. at the time of the convention, women did not have the right to vote or serve on juries, and many women were unable to inherit property. in the decades leading up to the convention, a small group of women began to rebel against these injustices. suffrage originated from women's participation in the anti-slavery and temperance movements. the seneca falls convention was the first conference dedicated to women's rights. the convention was organized by two female abolitionists, elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott. lucretia mott was an eloquent quaker social reformer. mott had previously been denied the right to speak at an anti-slavery conference in london after the men voted to exclude women from participating. unlike many women of her time, elizabeth cady stanton received a formal education. at the age of 16, stanton studied mathematics, latin, and greek, demonstrating her keen abilities by mastering the subjects alongside boys of her own age. coming together to support the suffrage movement, mott and stanton organized the convention in seneca falls, ny in july of 1848. during the six-day meeting, stanton presented the declaration of sentiments, a document she based on the declaration of independence. in the declaration, she so elegantly wrote, "we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal." the declaration included a list of grievances detailing the treatment of women. the declaration was signed by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men. following the convention, in 1848 the new york state assembly passed the married women's act. this act protected property that women brought into or earned during marriage. read the passage. which sentence best represents a fact about elizabeth cady stanton detailed in the text? a "unlike many women of her time, elizabeth cady stanton received a formal education." b "in the declaration, she so elegantly wrote, 'we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.'" c "stanton rightly believed it should the law should be changed to make it easier for women to get divorces and keep their access to their children." d "at the age of 16, stanton studied mathematics, latin, and greek, demonstrating her keen abilities by mastering the subjects alongside boys of her own age."

What was the main aim of operation torch which was launched by the allies