If a promising young man attained the rank of shengyuan, he was enabled to __________ and to draw a small stipend.
a. Challenge a decision by the emperor.
b. Attend a government-sponsored academy.
c. Exempt his extended family from taxation.
d. Be married to the daughter of a colleague in the scholar-gentry.
b. Attend a government-sponsored academy.
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A) the rush of thousands of miners to California qualifying the nation for statehood. B) the unresolved status of the Mexican cession C) the existence of slavery and a slave market in the nation's capital D) All of the above.
What makes Pliny's account of the Mount Vesuvius' eruption particularly credible?
a. The eruption happened in the lifetime of Pliny. b. Pliny spoke to someone who had witnessed the eruption. c. Pliny personally witnessed and experienced the eruption. d. He read many firsthand accounts of the disaster. e. His uncle had died in the eruption.
As a result of the American Revolution, the Anglican Church in America was
A. weakened. B. praised by Patriots for supporting independence. C. banned in most colonies. D. tried for aiding and abetting the British. E. made the official religion of Virginia.
Nationalists supported which of the following?
a. Strong central government b. Aggressive foreign policy c. Elimination of state governments in favor of one national government d. Invading Canada