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(D) a treaty with Nicaragua in which Nica-
ragua voluntarily relinquished control of
the canal zone
(E) an alliance whereby the United States
agreed to ensure Colombian neutrality
in exchange for the canal route
41. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt ex-
plained that the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 would
make the United States the “arsenal of democ-
racy” he meant that the United States would
(A) send troops to Europe to defend France
against the Blitzkrieg
(B) provide armaments to Great Britain but
stay out of the war
(C) allow American pilots to fly British war
planes
(D) maintain a strict isolationist posture re-
garding Europe
(E) commit troops to the war only if Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor
42. The government of Great Britain differs from
that of the United States in all of the follow-
ing ways EXCEPT
(A) Great Britain does not have a written
constitution
(B) Great Britain has a hereditary monarchy
(C) Great Britain’s legislature has but one house
(D) Great Britain’s true chief executive is not
directly elected
(E) the terms of Great Britain’s legislators
are indeterminate
43. A person who is engaged in business neither
intends to promote the public interest nor knows
how much he is promoting it. He intends only
to promote his own security, intends only his
own gain, and he is in this, as in many other
cases, led by an invisible hand to promote the
end, which was no part of his intention. Thus,
a laissez-faire approach to the marketplace is
the best approach.
The statements above represent the views of
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Vladimir Lenin
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Louis Blanc
(E) Fidel Castro