If instead of saying "The car was wrecked" you say, "The left fender was busted by a hit-and-run driver," you are using ______
A) emphasis
B) appropriateness
C) specificity
D) concreteness
C
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A. the Treaty of Verdun B. the declaration of the Holy Roman Empire C. the Battle of Tours D. an invasion by pagan Slavic peoples
Why did Henry Clay encourage Nicholas Biddle to seek a new charter for the Bank of the United States four years ahead of schedule?
a. He thought it would hurt Jackson politically. b. He wanted to avoid a confrontation with Jackson. c. He stood to benefit financially from the move. d. He thought rechartering was critical to national security.
The compromise that resolved the dispute between the large and the small states included __________
a. the states would be equally represented in the lower house b. all bills pertaining to taxation or spending would begin in the upper house c. the states would be proportionally represented according to population in the upper house d. slave-holding states could count 60 percent of their slaves for purposes of representation e. in both houses, at the beginning, there would be one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants
Which American president slowly withdrew U.S. troops stationed in Vietnam in a bid to end U.S. involvement there?
a. Jimmy Carter b. Harry Truman c. John Kennedy d. Richard Nixon e. Lyndon Johnson